A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Samara in Costa Rica on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.19 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -85.6058 West, latitude 9.3672 North, depth = 19.19 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20003mwi. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003mwi. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:06:04 / 9:06 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/09/15 / 2015-09-22 15:06:04 / September 22, 2015 @ 3:06 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nicoya. Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Nicoya (c. 15 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 57 km S of Samara, Costa Rica.
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