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Historic Earthquake
1941 Costa Rica Earthquake
5 December 1941 · Costa Rica
On 5 December 1941 at 20:46 UTC, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Costa Rica. It occurred on the Panama Plate, 86 km from its boundary with the Cocos Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 6 people.
- Date
- 5 December 1941
- Time
- 20:46 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Maximum Intensity
- IV (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 6
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (0.2 m wave)
- Plate
- Panama Plate
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Nearest Volcano
- Volcan Baru (73 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20262026 Panama Earthquake · M 7.7
- 20122012 Costa Rica Earthquake · M 7.62 deaths
- 19911991 Limon Earthquake · M 7.690 deaths
- 1990Puntarenas, San Jose · M 7.3
- 1983Se, Panama · M 7.56 deaths
- 1962Panama · M 7.4
- 1934Panama · M 7.7
- 1900Costa Rica · M 7.5
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth