March 4, 1924 Earthquake: Puntarenas, Costa Rica

Date

March 4, 1924

Time

10:07:52 UTC

Place

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

Magnitude

6.7 (Mw)

Focal depth

25 km (16 mi)

Tsunami

Yes: the tsunami it caused

Epicenter

9.587° N, 84.515° W

Country

Costa Rica

Region

Central America

USGS record

The USGS’s page for this earthquake

The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.

1. #13478 Chacon Barrantes, S., Murillo Gutierrez, A., Rivera Cerdas, F. (2022). Catalogo de Tsunamis Registrados en Costa Rica hasta el 2021. Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica. DOI: 10.15359/euna.2022-9
2. #10476 International Seismological Centre (2013). Final Scientific Report of the ISC-GEM Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue, ISC-GEM Global Instrumental earthquake Catalogue (1900-2021). Versions 1-12 downloaded beginning 18 March 2013. DOI: 10.31905/D808B825

• May 4, 1910, Cartago, San Jose, Costa RicaM6.4 · 700 deaths · 73 km
• April 22, 1991, Limon, Pandora, Panama, Costa RicaM7.6 · 90 deaths · $510 million · 158 km
• December 30, 1952, Costa Rica29 deaths · 137 km
• April 14, 1973, Tilaran, Arenal, Rio Chiquito, Costa RicaM6.5 · 26 deaths · $200,000 · 124 km
• January 8, 2009, La Paz, Costa RicaM6.1 · 23 deaths · $502 million · 518 houses destroyed · 73 km
• September 1, 1955, Costa RicaM5.8 · 10 deaths · 46 km
• November 20, 2004, San Jose, Parrita, Quepos, Costa RicaM6.4 · 8 deaths · 526 houses destroyed · 38 km
• December 5, 1941, Costa Rica-PanamaM7.6 · 6 deaths · 175 km
• April 3, 1983, W, SE, Panama, Costa RicaM7.5 · 6 deaths · $1 million · 186 km
• November 13, 2017, Jaco, Costa RicaM6.5 · 2 deaths · 9 km
• December 22, 1990, Alajuela, Santiago DE Puriscal, Costa RicaM5.7 · 2 deaths · $19.5 million · 39 km
• July 3, 1983, San Jose, Costa RicaM6.2 · 2 deaths · $5 million · 91 km
• July 10, 1993, Turrialba, Cartago, Costa RicaM5.8 · 2 deaths · 101 km
• September 5, 2012, Nicoya, Costa RicaM7.6 · 2 deaths · $45 million · 104 km
• January 20, 1905, Puntarenas, Costa RicaM6.8 · 34 km

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Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 10670. The written accounts and the magnitude estimates are from the USGS earthquake catalog, event iscgem910853, matched to this record by time, place and magnitude.