October 5, 1925 Earthquake: Managua, Nicaragua

Date

October 5, 1925

Time

01:09:00 UTC

Place

Managua, Nicaragua

Magnitude

6.7

Focal depth

135 km (84 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

12.200° N, 85.200° W

Country

Nicaragua

Damage

Severe (about $5 to $25 million)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

• December 23, 1972, Managua, NicaraguaM6.2 · 10,000 deaths · $3 billion · 100 km
• March 31, 1931, Managua, NicaraguaM5.6 · 2,450 deaths · $15 million · 124 km
• March 31, 1930, Managua, Nicaragua1,000 deaths · $15 million · 109 km
• April 14, 1973, Tilaran, Arenal, Rio Chiquito, Costa RicaM6.5 · 26 deaths · $200,000 · 176 km
• July 6, 2000, Masaya, NicaraguaM5.4 · 7 deaths · 357 houses destroyed · 93 km
• April 10, 2014, Nagarote, Managua, NicaraguaM6.1 · 2 deaths · $3 million · 168 houses destroyed · 130 km
• September 28, 2016, Leon, NicaraguaM5.5 · 1 death · 6 houses destroyed · 145 km
• November 5, 1926, Managua,granada,masaya,chinandega, NicaraguaM7 · 66 km
• December 16, 1985, Rivas, Masaya, NicaraguaM6 · 87 km
• April 29, 1898, Leon, Chinandega, Managua, NicaraguaM7.9 · 90 km
• January 4, 1968, Managua, NicaraguaM4.6 · $2 million · 109 km
• April 14, 2014, Managua, Ciudad Sandino, NicaraguaM5.2 · 7 houses destroyed · 118 km
• May 1844, Rivas, Greytown, NicaraguaM7.4 · 119 km
• October 5, 1950, Costa Rica-NicaraguaM7.7 · 135 km
• February 16, 1922, NicaraguaM6.4 · 137 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 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 3275.