Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 23 ga Disamba, 1972, wani
Girgizar kasa mai karfin maki 6.2 ta rushe babban birnin kasar, Managua. Girgizar ta kashe mutane 10,000 cikin mazauna birnin 400,000 kuma ta bar wasu 50,000 ba su da gidaje. Kimanin kashi 80% na gine-ginen kasuwanci na Managua sun lalace. Sojojin tsaron kasa na Shugaba Anastasio Somoza Debayle sun karkatar da yawancin taimakon kasa da kasa da suka shigo kasar don taimakawa wajen sake ginawa, kuma ba a sake gina wasu sassan tsakiyar Managua ba. Shugaban ya ba da kwangilar sake ginawa ga dangi da abokai, ta haka ne ya ci riba daga girgizar ƙasa kuma ya ƙara ikonsa na tattalin arzikin birnin. A cewar wasu ƙididdiga, dukiyarsa ta kai dala miliyan 400 a shekarar 1974.