A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from San Isidro in Costa Rica. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.6 km (5 miles). The temblor was reported at 18:32:56 / 6:32 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 25/07/16 / 2016-07-25 00:32:56 / July 25, 2016 @ 12:32 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us20006hbz. Unique identifier: us20006hbz. Exact location of earthquake, -83.9202° West, 9.4096° North, depth 8.6 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guácimo, Naranjo, Pocora (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from San José (c. 335 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from San Francisco (c. 55 900 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Alajuela (c. 47 500 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Paraíso (c. 39 700 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from San Isidro (c. 34 900 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Curridabat (c. 34 600 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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