April 4, 1955 Earthquake: Managua, Nicaragua

Date

April 4, 1955

Time

19:24:00 UTC

Place

Managua, Nicaragua

Magnitude

6.2

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

13.000° N, 87.000° 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 · 118 km
• March 31, 1931, Managua, NicaraguaM5.6 · 2,450 deaths · $15 million · 143 km
• May 6, 1951, Jucuapa, El SalvadorM6.5 · 1,100 deaths · $23 million · 87 km
• March 31, 1930, Managua, Nicaragua1,000 deaths · $15 million · 132 km
• January 13, 2001, El Salvador, GuatemalaM7.7 · 844 deaths · $753 million · 108,226 houses destroyed · 180 km
• December 19, 1936, San Vicente, El Salvador400 deaths · 185 km
• September 2, 1992, Masachapa, Costa Rica, NicaraguaM7.6 · 170 deaths · $30 million · 1,500 houses destroyed · 179 km
• July 6, 2000, Masaya, NicaraguaM5.4 · 7 deaths · 357 houses destroyed · 166 km
• May 21, 1932, El Salvador, Honduras, NicaraguaM7.1 · 5 deaths · 96 km
• April 10, 2014, Nagarote, Managua, NicaraguaM6.1 · 2 deaths · $3 million · 168 houses destroyed · 95 km
• September 28, 2016, Leon, NicaraguaM5.5 · 1 death · 6 houses destroyed · 81 km
• October 14, 2014, Gulf of Fonseca, El SalvadorM7.3 · 1 death · 5 houses destroyed · 133 km
• March 28, 1921, Nicaragua, El SalvadorM7.2 · 49 km
• January 12, 1937, Chinandega,port Corinto, Nicaragua49 km
• August 3, 1951, Potosi, Gulf of Fonseca, NicaraguaM6 · 54 km

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