The 7.7 <span about="#mwt56" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"M","href":"./Template:M"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"w"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwAQk" typeof="mw:Transclusion">M</span><sub about="#mwt56">w</sub><span about="#mwt56" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><link about="#mwt56" href="./Category:Articles_using_Mw_magnitude_scale" id="mwAQo" rel="mw:PageProp/Category"/> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Nicaragua_earthquake" id="mwAQs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1992 Nicaragua earthquake">Nicaragua earthquake</a> affected the west coast of Nicaragua. With a <a about="#mwt57" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"M","href":"./Template:M"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"s"},"link":{"wt":"y"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seismic_magnitude_scales#Ms" id="mwAQw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Seismic magnitude scales" typeof="mw:Transclusion"><style about="#mwt60" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Tooltip/styles.css"}}' data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span about="#mwt61" class="rt-commentedText tooltip" data-mw='{"attribs":[[{"txt":"title"},{"html":"&lt;span typeof=\"mw:Nowiki\" data-parsoid=\"{}\"&gt;Surface-wave mag.&lt;/span&gt;"}]]}' title="Surface-wave mag." typeof="mw:ExpandedAttrs">M<sub>s</sub></span></a><link about="#mwt57" href="./Category:Articles_using_MS_magnitude_scale" id="mwAQ0" rel="mw:PageProp/Category"/>–<a about="#mwt62" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"M","href":"./Template:M"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"w"},"link":{"wt":"y"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seismic_magnitude_scales#Mw" id="mwAQ4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Seismic magnitude scales" typeof="mw:Transclusion"><link about="#mwt65" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Tooltip/styles.css"}}' href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319" rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles"/><span about="#mwt66" class="rt-commentedText tooltip" data-mw='{"attribs":[[{"txt":"title"},{"html":"&lt;span typeof=\"mw:Nowiki\" data-parsoid=\"{}\"&gt;Moment mag. scale&lt;/span&gt;"}]]}' title="Moment mag. scale" typeof="mw:ExpandedAttrs">M<sub>w</sub></span></a><link about="#mwt62" href="./Category:Articles_using_Mw_magnitude_scale" id="mwAQ8" rel="mw:PageProp/Category"/> disparity of half a unit, this <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami_earthquake" id="mwARA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tsunami earthquake">tsunami earthquake</a> triggered a tsunami that caused most of the damage and casualties, with at least 116 killed. Typical runup heights were <span about="#mwt67" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"convert","href":"./Template:Convert"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"3"},"2":{"wt":"-"},"3":{"wt":"8"},"4":{"wt":"m"},"sp":{"wt":"us"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwARE" typeof="mw:Transclusion">3–8 meters (9.8–26.2</span><span about="#mwt67" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><span about="#mwt67">ft)</span>.