What the records say
- When
- 2 Sep 1992
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 11.50° N, 87.61° W
- Deaths
- 170
- Injuries
- 489
- Damage musd
- 30
- Houses destroyed
- 1500
- Max water height m
- 9.9
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.6
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1992 Nicaragua earthquake
Earthquake and tsunami off the west coast of Nicaragua
The 1992 Nicaragua earthquake occurred off the coast of Nicaragua at 6:16 p.m. on 1 September. Some damage was also reported in Costa Rica. At least 116 people were killed and several more were injured. The earthquake was caused by movement on a convergent plate boundary. It created a tsunami disproportionately large for its surface-wave magnitude.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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