A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Golfito in Costa Rica on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.87 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:09:00 / 5:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -83.1363° West, latitude 8.4406° North, depth = 18.87 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000g66r. Unique identifier: us1000g66r. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/08/18 / 2018-08-09 23:09:00 / August 9, 2018 @ 11:09 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Boquete, Buenos Aires, Las Lomas (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Buenos Aires (c. 11 700 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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km S of Golfito, Costa Rica. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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