What the records say
- When
- 7 Sep 1882
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Coordinates
- 10.00° N, 79.00° W
- Description
- tremblement de terre au Panama.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Séisme de 1882 au Panama.
1882 Panama earthquake
Largest earthquake recorded in Panamanian history
The 1882 Panama earthquake occurred on September 7 at around 03:50 (UTC-5). The earthquake measured a magnitude between 7.9 and 8.3 on the surface-wave magnitude scale, making it the largest earthquake recorded in Panamanian history. It struck the San Blas Islands and was strongly felt in the City of Colón as well as the capital of Panama City.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Panamá un terremoto de 8,3 provoca un gran tsunami de 3 metros de altura causando la muerte de 250 personas”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page