What the records say
- When
- 5 Sep 2012
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 10.09° N, 85.31° W
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 20
- Damage musd
- 45
- Max water height m
- 0.16
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.6
- Runups
- 5
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2012 Costa Rica earthquake
Earthquake in Costa Rica
The 2012 Costa Rica earthquake occurred at 08:42 local time on September 5. The epicenter of the 7.6 Mw earthquake was in the Nicoya Peninsula, 11 kilometers east-southeast of Nicoya. A tsunami warning was issued shortly afterwards, but later cancelled. Two people are known to have died, one from a heart attack and another, a construction worker, crushed by a collapsing wall.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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