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Historic Earthquake
2012 El Salvador Earthquake
27 August 2012 · Off the Coast · Nicaragua
On 27 August 2012 at 04:37 UTC, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Nicaragua (Off the Coast), at a depth of 28 km. It occurred on the Caribbean Plate, 39 km from its boundary with the Cocos Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 27 August 2012
- Time
- 04:37 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Depth
- 28 km
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (6.3 m wave)
- Plate
- Caribbean Plate
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Nearest Volcano
- Usulután (143 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2014October 2014 Nicaragua Earthquake · M 7.31 deaths
- 2001January 2001 El Salvador Earthquake · M 7.7844 deaths
- 19921992 Nicaragua Earthquake · M 7.6170 deaths
- 19821982 El Salvador Earthquake · M 7.343 deaths
- 1956Puerto Samoza · M 7.3
- 1932El Salvador · M 7.15 deaths
- 1921Nicaragua · M 7.2
- 1915El Salvador · M 7.77 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth