April 25, 1938 Earthquake: Leon,chinandega, Nicaragua

Date

April 25, 1938

Time

17:07:00 UTC

Place

Leon,chinandega, Nicaragua

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

12.200° N, 86.900° W

Country

Nicaragua

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.

• December 23, 1972, Managua, NicaraguaM6.2 · 10,000 deaths · $3 billion · 90 km
• March 31, 1931, Managua, NicaraguaM5.6 · 2,450 deaths · $15 million · 171 km
• May 6, 1951, Jucuapa, El SalvadorM6.5 · 1,100 deaths · $23 million · 132 km
• March 31, 1930, Managua, Nicaragua1,000 deaths · $15 million · 77 km
• September 2, 1992, Masachapa, Costa Rica, NicaraguaM7.6 · 170 deaths · $30 million · 1,500 houses destroyed · 110 km
• July 6, 2000, Masaya, NicaraguaM5.4 · 7 deaths · 357 houses destroyed · 105 km
• May 21, 1932, El Salvador, Honduras, NicaraguaM7.1 · 5 deaths · 152 km
• April 10, 2014, Nagarote, Managua, NicaraguaM6.1 · 2 deaths · $3 million · 168 houses destroyed · 61 km
• September 28, 2016, Leon, NicaraguaM5.5 · 1 death · 6 houses destroyed · 50 km
• October 14, 2014, Gulf of Fonseca, El SalvadorM7.3 · 1 death · 5 houses destroyed · 138 km
• May 9, 1963, Leon, NicaraguaM5.5 · 0 km
• May 6, 1938, Leon (Telica Volcano Destroyed), Nicaragua11 km
• October 12, 1885, Leon,chinandega,managua, Nicaragua16 km
• January 24, 1956, Puerto Samoza, NicaraguaM7.3 · 22 km
• 1648, Leon, Nicaragua35 km

Significant earthquakes of 1938The 1900sEvery quake the USGS located in 1938Recent earthquakes near hereThis day in weather history

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 3615.