- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- July 18, 1934 CE
- Location:
- Panama-Costa Rica
- Magnitude:
- 7.7 Ms
- Depth:
- 60 km
- Injuries:
- 4
- Damage:
- ~$0.05M (value at the time)
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 7.7
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 7.5
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.62
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.83
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.83
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.76
Other earthquake records of 1934 CE
- Nepal / India, Bihar · Mw 8 · 10,600 deaths
- Turkey, Kurdistan: Diyarbakir (Mouche Diarbekir) · 100 deaths
- Turkey, Kurdistan: Diyarbakir (Diarbekir) · 20 deaths
- Taiwan, Yilan · Ms 6.5 · 3 deaths
- Utah · Ms 6.6 · 2 deaths
- China, Yunnan Province · Ms 6 · 1 deaths
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K · License: U.S. Government Work · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1934 CE Earthquake — Panama-Costa Rica happen?
- July 18, 1934 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.