NICARAGUA  [ Back to Seismic Damage Index ]   [ Back to Country Index ]
Year Month Day Time LAT Long Dep M Tsunami Dead Casualty Damage Remarks
1906 1 1 - - - - - 　 - - some Nicaragua:Managua(swarm during 01-5/1)
1916 2 27 2021U 11.00 -86.00 - 7.4 　 - - 　 Nicaragua/G,Í12N,90W(El Salvador) 7.5S
1922 2 16 314U 11.70 -85.70 n 6.4 　 - - seve Nicaragua
1923 2 2 - - - - - 　 - - some Nicaragua:Ometepe eruption
1923 11 29 - 13.50 -86.00 - - 　 - - 　 Nicaragua:Managua
1925 10 5 409U 12.25 -85.25 135 6.4 　 - - seve Nicaragua:Managua
1926 11 5 755U 12.30 -85.80 135 7.0 　 sev - seve Nicaragua:Managua
1931 3 31 1602U 12.15 -86.28 - 6.0 　 1000 many seve Nicaragua:[Managua EQ] fire fault D=2000/2450
1932 5 21 - 13.10 -87.30 90 - 　 10 many some El Salvador:Zacatocolica/Nicaragua?
1937 1 12 - 12.60 -87.20 - - 　 - - mode Nicaragua:Chinandega,Port Corinto
1938 4 25 1707U 12.45 -86.85 - 5.9 　 - - limi Nicaragua:Leon,Chinandega(1725U?)
1938 5 6 1817U 12.53 -86.87 - 6.1 　 - - some Nicaragua:Leon,Telica Volcano
1940 2 20 - 12.50 -87.50 - - 　 - - mode Nicaragua:Corinto,Chinandega
1951 8 2 2030U 13.00 -87.50 n 5.6 　 many - mode Nicaragua:S coast of Gulf of Fonseca D=some/1000?
1951 8 3 023U 13.00 -87.50 n 5.9 　 - - some Nicaragua:S Coast of Gulf of Fonseca
1951 8 6 808U 13.00 -87.50 n 5.9 　 - - some Nicaragua:Jinoteca
1955 4 4 1924U 12.80 -87.20 - 6.0 　 0 - mode Nicaragua:Estero Real
1956 1 24 - 12.20 -86.70 - 7.3 　 - - mode Nicaragua:Puerto Samoza
1956 10 24 1442U 12.00 -86.50 - 7.3 　 - - limi Nicaragua:Managua 7.2S
1963 5 9 1503U 12.50 -86.90 s 5.2 　 - - mode Nicaragua:Leon,Telica
1972 12 23 629U 12.15 -86.27 5 6.3 　 10000 1000s seve Nicaragua:[Managua EQ]fault D=5 thousand/6 thousand/8 thousand/11 thousand 6.0S
1982 1 12 548U 13.16 -87.59 6 6.0 　 0 2 limi Honduras:Amapala/Nicaragua:Somoto 6.1W
1985 12 16 244U 11.73 -85.84 22 6.0 　 0 6 some Nicaragua:Rivas area(224U?) 6.1W
1987 11 17 340U 12.53 -87.03 76 5.8 　 0 3 insi Nicaragua:Leon,Chinandega 6.4W
1988 5 6 1446U 11.49 -85.91 87 5.7 　 0 - insi Nicaragua:Managua 6.6W
1990 7 13 1350U 12.93 -87.72 22 5.0 　 0 some limi Nicaragua/El Salvador
1992 9 2 016U 11.74 -87.34 45 7.2 T 184 some cons Nicaragua(west coast) earthquake with tsunami 7.6W
1996 3 3 1637U 11.91 -86.77 33 6.7 　 0 0 insi Nicaragua: Chinandega,Granada 6.7W
1998 10 18 1420U 11.97 -86.25 10 4.4 　 0 3 limi Nicaragua:Ticuantepe(quake swarm)
2000 7 6 1930U 11.88 -85.99 33 5.1 　 7 42 some Nicaragua:Masaya

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