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Historic Earthquake
1991 Limon Earthquake
22 April 1991 · Limon, Pandora · Costa Rica
On 22 April 1991 at 21:56 UTC, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Costa Rica (Limon, Pandora), at a depth of 10 km. It occurred on the Panama Plate, 21 km from its boundary with the Caribbean Plate (continental collision). It killed at least 90 people (including tsunami victims) and injured 895.
- Date
- 22 April 1991
- Time
- 21:56 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Depth
- 10 km
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 90
- Injuries
- 895
- Estimated Damage
- 510 million US dollars
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (3.0 m wave)
- Plate
- Panama Plate
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Nearest Volcano
- Turrialba (85 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20122012 Costa Rica Earthquake · M 7.62 deaths
- 1990Puntarenas, San Jose · M 7.3
- 1983Se, Panama · M 7.56 deaths
- 1962Panama · M 7.4
- 1950Nicaragua · M 7.7
- 1941Costa Rica · M 7.66 deaths
- 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