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Province
Limón
Costa Rica · North America
Limón is a province of Costa Rica, in North America. It spans the Panama and Caribbean plates. Records include 2 major earthquakes since 1900 and 1 tsunami observed on its coasts.
Tectonic Plates
Hazard Levels
Hazard level assessed by ThinkHazard! (World Bank, GFDRR), meaning the likelihood of a damaging event, from very low to high.
- River FloodHigh
- Urban FloodHigh
- EarthquakeHigh
- LandslideHigh
- VolcanoHigh
- Coastal FloodMedium
- CycloneMedium
- Extreme HeatMedium
- WildfireMedium
- TsunamiLow
- Water ScarcityLow
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
- 19911991 Limon Earthquake · M 7.690 deaths
- 1952Limón29 deaths
Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts
- 1991Limon, Pandora, Costa Rica · 3.0 m90 deaths
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002