List of earthquakes in Nicaragua
Notable earthquakes in the history of Nicaragua include the following:
| Date | Epicentre | Mag. | MMI | Depth (km) |
Notes | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931-03-31 | Managua | 6.1 Mw | VI | 15 | Conflagration | 1,000–2,450 | |
| 1951-08-02 | Cosiguina | 5.8 | n/d | n/d | 1,000 | ||
| 1956-10-24 | near Masachapa | 7.3 | n/d | 25 km | |||
| 1968-01-04 | Colonia Centroamérica, Managua | 4.8 | n/d | ||||
| 1972-12-23 | Managua | 6.3 Mw | IX | 10 km | Puerto Rican baseball star Roberto Clemente died in a plane crash on December 31 while flying to Managua with food and supplies (see: 1972 Puerto Rico DC-7 crash) | 4,000–11,000 | 20,000 |
| 1992-09-02 | 11°44′31″N 87°20′24″W / 11.742°N 87.340°W offshore Nicaragua | 7.6 | n/d | 45 km | According to USGS:"Most of the casualties and damage were caused by a tsunami affecting the west coasts of Nicaragua and Costa Rica, reaching heights of up to 8 meters. The tsunami ran inland 1,000 meters at Masachapa."[1] | 116 | |
| 2000-07-06 | 11°53′02″N 85°59′17″W / 11.884°N 85.988°W | 5.4 | n/d | 33 km | 7 | ||
| 2004-10-09 | 11°25′26″N 86°37′59″W / 11.424°N 86.633°W offshore Nicaragua | 6.9–7.1 | n/d | 35 km | – | ||
| 2005-07-02 | 11°11′53″N 86°24′40″W / 11.198°N 86.411°W offshore Nicaragua | 6.6 | n/d | 27 km | |||
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