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1983 Costa Rica Earthquake
3 April 1983 · Se, Panama · Costa Rica
On 3 April 1983 at 02:50 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Costa Rica (Se, Panama), at a depth of 30 km. It occurred on the Panama Plate, 88 km from its boundary with the Cocos Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 6 people.
- Date
- 3 April 1983
- Time
- 02:50 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 30 km
- Deaths
- 6
- Estimated Damage
- 1 million US dollars
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (0.1 m wave)
- Plate
- Panama Plate
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Nearest Volcano
- Volcan Baru (63 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
- 1962Panama · M 7.4
- 1941Costa Rica · M 7.66 deaths
- 1934Panama · M 7.7
- 1904Bocas del Toro · M 7.2
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth