- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- April 14, 1973 CE
- Location:
- 26 km NNW of La Fortuna, Costa Rica
- Magnitude:
- 6.5 Ms
- Depth:
- 33 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 6.402
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 5 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Ms 6.5
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 6.5
- USGS_COMCAT: Ms 5.4
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.1
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.1
Other earthquake records of 1973 CE
- Mexico, Veracruz, Mexico City · Mb 6.2 · 527 deaths
- Mexico, S, Farias, Tecoman · Ms 7.5 · 56 deaths
- Japan, Hokkaido Island · Ms 7.7 · 27 deaths
- Costa Rica, Tilaran, Arenal, Rio Chiquito · Ms 6.5 · 26 deaths
- Philippines, Quezon City: Calaug, Lopez, Guiayangan · Ms 7.5 · 15 deaths
- Colombia, San Cristobal, Venezuela · Ms 6.5 · 1 deaths
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat) · License: U.S. Public Domain (USGS) · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did M 6.5 - 26 km NNW of La Fortuna, Costa Rica (1973 CE) happen?
- April 14, 1973 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat); it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.