January 12, 1937 Earthquake: Chinandega,port Corinto, Nicaragua

Date

January 12, 1937

Place

Chinandega,port Corinto, Nicaragua

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

12.600° N, 87.200° W

Country

Nicaragua

Region

Central America

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 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.

1. #1199 Leeds, David J. (1974). Catalog of Nicaraguan Earthquakes 1520-1973. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, vol. 64, no. 4, p. 1135-1158.

• December 23, 1972, Managua, NicaraguaM6.2 · 10,000 deaths · $3 billion · 121 km
• March 31, 1931, Managua, NicaraguaM5.6 · 2,450 deaths · $15 million · 176 km
• May 6, 1951, Jucuapa, El SalvadorM6.5 · 1,100 deaths · $23 million · 79 km
• March 31, 1930, Managua, Nicaragua1,000 deaths · $15 million · 122 km
• January 13, 2001, El Salvador, GuatemalaM7.7 · 844 deaths · $753 million · 108,226 houses destroyed · 166 km
• December 19, 1936, San Vicente, El Salvador400 deaths · 176 km
• September 2, 1992, Masachapa, Costa Rica, NicaraguaM7.6 · 170 deaths · $30 million · 1,500 houses destroyed · 130 km
• July 6, 2000, Masaya, NicaraguaM5.4 · 7 deaths · 357 houses destroyed · 154 km
• May 21, 1932, El Salvador, Honduras, NicaraguaM7.1 · 5 deaths · 98 km
• April 10, 2014, Nagarote, Managua, NicaraguaM6.1 · 2 deaths · $3 million · 168 houses destroyed · 92 km
• September 28, 2016, Leon, NicaraguaM5.5 · 1 death · 6 houses destroyed · 76 km
• October 14, 2014, Gulf of Fonseca, El SalvadorM7.3 · 1 death · 5 houses destroyed · 101 km
• March 28, 1921, Nicaragua, El SalvadorM7.2 · 2 km
• February 20, 1940, Corinto,chinandega, Nicaragua34 km
• 1648, Leon, Nicaragua45 km

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