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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag strikes near Nicoya in Costa Rica

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A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Nicoya in Costa Rica. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/09/17 / 2017-09-01 07:42:44 / September 1, 2017 @ 7:42 am. Event id: us2000ads0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ads0. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.13 km (12 miles). Exact location of event, depth 19.13 km, -85.5275° West, 10.0901° North. The temblor was detected at 01:42:44 / 1:42 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Liberia (c. 45 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Puntarenas (c. 35 700 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from San José (c. 31 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Chacarita (c. 26 400 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Cañas (c. 20 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Esparza (c. 15 600 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Nicoya (c. 15 300 pop). Close country/countries, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San José, Esparza, Miramar (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 10 km SW of Nicoya, Costa Rica. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-85.5275° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	10.0901° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	19.13 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10km SW of Nicoya, Costa Rica	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-09-01 07:42:44	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-09-01 07:58:30	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	10	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.3	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	436	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.035	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.95 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	145	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us2000ads0	Id of event.
Event Code	2000ads0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000ads0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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