Largest earthquakes in or near Costa Rica on record since 1900 - list, stats and map

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Since 1900, Costa Rica has had 143 quakes of magnitudes up to 7.6:

19 quakes above magnitude 7
124 quakes between magnitude 6 and 7

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Latest: Mag. 6.3 Earthquake 71 Km S of Boca Chica, Panama -

Strongest: Mag. 7.6 Earthquake 17 km SE of Nicoya, Guanacaste, n/a -

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Largest earthquakes in or near Costa Rica on record since 1900 - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Nearest Volcano	Location	Details
Apr 4, 2023 05:18 pm (Panama)	6.3 13 km	80 km (50 mi) to the SE	71 Km S of Boca Chica, Panama 455 reports	Info
Thursday, October 20, 2022 GMT (1 quake)
Oct 20, 2022 06:57 am (GMT -5)	6.7 20 km	73 km (45 mi) to the SE	South of Panama 287 reports	Info
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 GMT (1 quake)
Nov 9, 2021 12:25 am (GMT -6)	6.3 33 km	73 km (45 mi) to the NW	Near Coast of Nicaragua 344 reports	Info
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 GMT (1 quake)
Jul 21, 2021 03:15 pm (GMT -6)	6.7 10 km	67 km (42 mi) to the S	South of Panama 323 reports	Info
Monday, August 24, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Aug 24, 2020 03:51 pm (Costa Rica)	6.0 24 km	10 km (6.2 mi) to the SW	12 Km Al Suroeste De Jaco, Garabito. (Costa Rica) 180 reports	Info
Wednesday, June 26, 2019 GMT (1 quake)
Jun 26, 2019 12:23 am (Panama)	6.3 34 km	14 km (8.7 mi) to the SE	Panama-Costa Rica Border Region 595 reports	Info
Sunday, May 12, 2019 GMT (1 quake)
May 12, 2019 02:24 pm (Panama)	6.0 10 km	5 km (3.1 mi) to the SE	Panama-Costa Rica Border Region 198 reports	Info
Friday, August 17, 2018 GMT (1 quake)
Aug 17, 2018 05:22 pm (Costa Rica)	6.1 10 km		Costa Rica 185 reports	Info
Monday, November 13, 2017 GMT (1 quake)
Nov 12, 2017 08:28 pm (Costa Rica)	6.6 25 km		24 km southwest of San Rafael Abajo, San Jose, Costa Rica 151 reports	Info
Monday, December 8, 2014 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 8, 2014 03:54 am (Panama)	6.6 20 km	23 km (14 mi) to the SE	20km ESE of Punta de Burica, Panama 37 reports	Info
Friday, April 11, 2014 GMT (1 quake)
Apr 11, 2014 02:29 pm (Managua)	6.6 135 km	67 km (42 mi) to the NW	15 km N of Belén, Nicaragua 24 reports	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 1.7 x 10¹⁷ joules (47456 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 4.1 x 10⁷ tons of TNT or 2552 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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