A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Santa Cruz in Costa Rica. Exact location of event, longitude -85.9748 West, latitude 10.1595 North, depth = 28.97 km. Unique identifier: us100061ww. Ids that are associated to the event: us100061ww. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:05:46 / 7:05 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 28.97 km (18 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/07/16 / 2016-07-08 13:05:46 / July 8, 2016 @ 1:05 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Liberia, Nicoya, Santa Cruz (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Liberia (c. 45 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Nicoya (c. 15 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 12 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 44 km WSW of Santa Cruz, Costa Rica.
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