What the records say
- When
- 22 Apr 1991
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 9.69° N, 83.07° W
- Deaths
- 90
- Injuries
- 895
- Damage musd
- 510
- Max water height m
- 3
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.6
- Runups
- 43
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1991 Limon earthquake
Earthquake in Central America
The 1991 Costa Rica earthquake, also known as the Limon earthquake or Bocas del Toro earthquake, occurred at 3:57 pm local time on April 22. The epicenter of the 7.7 Mw earthquake was in Pandora, Valle La Estrella, in the Caribbean region of Limon, Costa Rica, 225 kilometres (140 mi) southeast of San José.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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