Earthquake — Nicaragua: Managua

When

31 Mar 1931

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

5.6

Where

Nicaragua

Coordinates

13.20° N, 85.70° W

Deaths

2450

Damage musd

15

March 1931 earthquake in Nicaragua

The 1931 Nicaragua earthquake devastated Nicaragua's capital city of Managua on 31 March 1931. It had a moment magnitude of 6.1 and a maximum MSK intensity of VI (Strong). Between 1,000 and 2,450 people were killed. A major fire started and destroyed thousands of structures, burning into the next day. At least 45,000 were left homeless and losses of $35 million were recorded.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “se registra un terremoto de 6,1 en Managua, capital de Nicaragua, que deja más de 2.400 muertos e inicia un gran incendio”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page