- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 7, 1854 CE
- Location:
- Costa Rica-Panama
- Magnitude:
- 7.2 Ms
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 7.2
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 7.3
Other earthquake records of 1854 CE
- Japan, Nankaido · Ms 8.4 · 3,000 deaths
- Japan, Iga, Ise, Yamato · 1,352 deaths
- Japan, Enshunada Sea · Ms 8.3 · 1,000 deaths
- El Salvador, San Salvador · 1,000 deaths
- Italy, Connici, Cosenza, Pietrafitta, Paterno · 468 deaths
- Mexico, Veracruz, Oaxaca · Ms 7.7 · 4 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 1854 CE Earthquake — Costa Rica-Panama happen?
- August 7, 1854 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.