Information at different administrative levels is collected for the consequences of the event, which include building damage, economic losses, and human impact due to the earthquake and its induced effects.
The file Impact_All_ID_0.csv provides the national summary of consequences reported by multiple sources.
When information is available at finer resolutions, dedicated files for each administrative level available are generated for the building and human impact.
Impact_Buildings_ID_n.csv: Damaged building data at administrative level n.Impact_Human_ID_n.csv: Data of human impact information at administrative level n.
Note: When available, building-level information is included.
Check the definitions of the parameters used in the impact files in the impact metadata section.
- The total economic impact of this event is valued at 492 USD million in 2009 value. The document Damage_Cinchona_RSN_ICE_UCR.pdf (terremoto_de_cinchona.pdf) has a full disaggregation of the losses by occupancy classes, including, RES IND COM EDU and HLC.
There were no available detailed online databases for this earthquake.
- Alvarado_2009: Alvarado, G.E., 2010. Aspectos geohidrológicos y sedimentológicos de los flujos de lodo asociados al terremoto de Cinchona (Mw 6,2) del 8 de enero del 2009, Costa Rica, Rev. Geol. América Central, 43, DOI: 10.15517/rgac.v0i43.3458. Last access September 2022.
- RSN_2009: Red Sismologica Nacional. EL Terremoto de Cinchona del 8 de Enero de 2009. Universidad de Costa Rica (2009). https://rsn.ucr.ac.cr/images/Biblioteca/Informes_sismos/terremoto_cinchona.pdf. Last access September 2022.
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