Seismic history
Major earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and geological events in Costa Rica, 1900–2026, with sources and detailed information.
Total earthquakes
180
M5+
Strongest
M7.6
M7+ events
11
Tsunami events
1
| Date | Magnitude | Location | Depth | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-09-05 | 7.6 | 11 km ENE of Hojancha, Costa Rica | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1991-04-22 | 7.6 | 34 km S of Limón, Costa Rica | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1939-12-21 | 7.6 | 4 km WNW of Atenas, Costa Rica | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1950-10-05 | 7.5 |
| Costa Rica |
| 98 km |
| USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1941-12-05 | 7.5 | 70 km WSW of Golfito, Costa Rica | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1990-03-25 | 7.3 | 7 km SSE of Puntarenas, Costa Rica | 22 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1904-12-20 | 7.3 | 53 km SSE of Quepos, Costa Rica | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1900-06-21 | 7.2 | Costa Rica | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1916-04-24 | 7.1 | 6 km WNW of Siquirres, Costa Rica | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1983-04-03 | 7.1 | 12 km N of Golfito, Costa Rica | 37 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1978-08-23 | 7.0 | 19 km N of Nandayure, Costa Rica | 56 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1941-12-06 | 6.9 | 112 km SSW of Quepos, Costa Rica | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1999-08-20 | 6.9 | 42 km S of Quepos, Costa Rica | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1939-12-22 | 6.8 | 13 km W of Jacó, Costa Rica | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1934-07-21 | 6.8 | 20 km SSE of Guarumal, Panama | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1905-01-20 | 6.7 | 18 km WSW of Nicoya, Costa Rica | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1916-04-26 | 6.7 | 11 km NE of Changuinola, Panama | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1940-10-27 | 6.7 | 8 km SW of Parrita, Costa Rica | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1952-09-09 | 6.7 | 49 km S of Quepos, Costa Rica | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1924-03-04 | 6.7 | 12 km ESE of Jacó, Costa Rica | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1992-03-07 | 6.6 | 5 km SW of Río Segundo, Costa Rica | 79 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1988-05-06 | 6.6 | 2 km WSW of Belén, Nicaragua | 87 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1979-07-01 | 6.5 | 9 km WNW of Puerto Armuelles, Panama | 28 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1973-04-14 | 6.5 | 26 km NNW of La Fortuna, Costa Rica | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2003-12-25 | 6.5 | 3 km SSE of Progreso, Panama | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1983-07-03 | 6.5 | 17 km S of Pejibaye, Costa Rica | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2017-11-13 | 6.5 | 18 km W of Parrita, Costa Rica🌊 | 19 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2012-10-24 | 6.5 | Costa Rica | 17 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1945-06-03 | 6.5 | 3 km SW of Santo Tomás, Panama | 34 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1937-03-09 | 6.4 | 14 km SE of Ciudad Cortés, Costa Rica | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1990-04-28 | 6.4 | 8 km SSE of Ciudad Cortés, Costa Rica | 23 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2002-06-16 | 6.4 | 55 km WSW of Ciudad Cortés, Costa Rica | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2000-07-21 | 6.4 | 55 km SSE of Sámara, Costa Rica | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2004-11-20 | 6.4 | 17 km SSE of Tejar, Costa Rica | 16 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1924-03-11 | 6.3 | 13 km NNW of Puntarenas, Costa Rica | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1948-11-19 | 6.3 | 9 km NW of San Isidro, Costa Rica | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1991-03-16 | 6.3 | 15 km N of Nandayure, Costa Rica | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2005-08-03 | 6.3 | 6 km NNW of Cárdenas, Nicaragua | 14 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2008-11-19 | 6.3 | 11 km W of Puerto Armuelles, Panama | 32 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1960-12-06 | 6.3 | 7 km W of Canoas, Costa Rica | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1925-01-26 | 6.2 | 28 km WSW of Golfito, Costa Rica | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1931-03-07 | 6.2 | 20 km S of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1967-10-03 | 6.2 | 24 km SW of La Cruz, Costa Rica | 29 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1974-02-28 | 6.2 | 15 km SE of Quepos, Costa Rica | 46 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1996-09-04 | 6.2 | 13 km WSW of Quepos, Costa Rica | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1987-10-04 | 6.2 | 42 km SW of La Cruz, Costa Rica | 48 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2019-06-26 | 6.2 | 4 km SE of Aserrío de Gariché, Panama | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1935-08-01 | 6.2 | 5 km S of Liberia, Costa Rica | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1933-11-23 | 6.2 | 29 km W of Burica, Panama | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1910-05-05 | 6.1 | 1 km WNW of Orosí, Costa Rica | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1949-08-18 | 6.1 | 10 km WNW of Finca Blanco, Panama | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1939-12-23 | 6.1 | 18 km SSE of Paquera, Costa Rica | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1936-11-26 | 6.1 | 37 km ENE of Pital, Costa Rica | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1937-06-24 | 6.1 | 80 km SW of Golfito, Costa Rica | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2004-02-04 | 6.1 | 2 km S of Finca Blanco, Panama | 29 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2001-11-09 | 6.1 | 33 km NE of Changuinola, Panama | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1983-05-09 | 6.1 | 11 km WSW of Puerto Armuelles, Panama | 39 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2018-08-17 | 6.1 | 19 km NNW of Golfito, Costa Rica | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2009-01-08 | 6.1 | 10 km NNE of Sabanilla, Costa Rica | 14 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1940-10-05 | 6.1 | 10 km WSW of Quepos, Costa Rica | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1941-12-06 | 6.0 | 10 km S of San José, Costa Rica | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1924-03-25 | 6.0 | 35 km ENE of Pital, Costa Rica | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1926-10-19 | 6.0 | 144 km NE of Limón, Costa Rica | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1963-07-09 | 6.0 | 20 km SSW of Golfito, Costa Rica | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2010-06-01 | 6.0 | 12 km SSW of Quepos, Costa Rica | 18 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1990-12-22 | 6.0 | 2 km NNE of Santiago, Costa Rica | 17 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1988-03-11 | 6.0 | 31 km N of San Vito, Costa Rica | 23 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2020-08-24 | 6.0 | 4 km SSW of Jacó, Costa Rica | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1957-04-08 | 6.0 | 6 km WNW of Puerto Armuelles, Panama | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1943-07-04 | 5.9 | 19 km SSE of Jacó, Costa Rica | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2025-10-22 | 5.9 | 21 km SSW of Quepos, Costa Rica | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2011-05-13 | 5.9 | 7 km ESE of Atenas, Costa Rica | 73 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2012-02-13 | 5.9 | 27 km S of Quepos, Costa Rica | 16 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2006-05-01 | 5.9 | 7 km NNW of Limones, Panama | 13 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2005-06-30 | 5.9 | 3 km W of Progreso, Panama | 38 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1918-06-22 | 5.9 | 23 km WSW of San Isidro, Costa Rica | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1962-03-12 | 5.9 | 2 km WNW of Limones, Panama | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1961-02-05 | 5.8 | 28 km S of Guarumal, Panama | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1956-07-19 | 5.8 | 27 km SW of Parrita, Costa Rica | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1955-09-01 | 5.8 | 5 km WNW of San Ramón, Costa Rica | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1934-02-12 | 5.8 | 28 km NNE of Buenos Aires, Costa Rica | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1966-04-09 | 5.8 | 5 km WSW of Quepos, Costa Rica | 29 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1999-08-21 | 5.8 | 45 km W of Ciudad Cortés, Costa Rica | 24 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1994-05-01 | 5.8 | 47 km SW of La Cruz, Costa Rica | 68 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1993-07-10 | 5.8 | 3 km S of La Suiza, Costa Rica | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2002-08-03 | 5.8 | 4 km ESE of Puerto Armuelles, Panama | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1987-03-21 | 5.8 | 20 km SE of Ciudad Cortés, Costa Rica | 24 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1972-02-07 | 5.8 | 71 km SW of Puerto Cortés, Costa Rica | 18 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1952-10-14 | 5.8 | 47 km SSW of Golfito, Costa Rica | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1907-10-06 | 5.8 | 10 km WNW of Puntarenas, Costa Rica | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1950-11-11 | 5.8 | 15 km NW of Sámara, Costa Rica | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1959-04-20 | 5.8 | 7 km SW of Finca Blanco, Panama | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1933-05-30 | 5.8 | 2 km WNW of Manaca Norte, Panama | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2024-07-22 | 5.7 | 8 km SE of Puerto Armuelles, Panama | 7 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2021-06-10 | 5.7 | 102 km S of Sámara, Costa Rica | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1971-06-05 | 5.7 | 15 km WSW of Quepos, Costa Rica | 28 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1977-08-07 | 5.7 | 1 km SW of Gómez, Panama | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1991-05-27 | 5.7 | 2 km SW of La Mesa, Panama | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2000-02-20 | 5.7 | 63 km S of Quepos, Costa Rica | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1983-10-12 | 5.7 | 14 km E of Punta de Burica, Panama | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |