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Historic Earthquake
1955 Costa Rica Earthquake
1 September 1955 · Costa Rica
On 1 September 1955 at 17:33 UTC, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Costa Rica. It occurred on the Panama Plate, 60 km from its boundary with the Caribbean Plate (continental collision). It killed at least 10 people.
- Date
- 1 September 1955
- Time
- 17:33 UTC
- Magnitude
- 5.8
- Deaths
- 10
- Plate
- Panama Plate
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Nearest Volcano
- Platanar (36 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 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
- 1950Nicaragua · M 7.7
- 1941Costa Rica · M 7.66 deaths
- 1916Off Coast · M 7.5
- 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