Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Golfito in Costa Rica

A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Golfito in Costa Rica. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/08/18 / 2018-08-30 08:02:09 / August 30, 2018 @ 8:02 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:02:09 / 2:02 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000h59l. Event ids that are associated: us2000h59l. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.24 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -83.0901 West, latitude 8.7301 North, depth = 14.24 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from San Isidro (c. 34 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Buenos Aires (c. 11 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Almirante, San Isidro, Daniel Flores.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-four 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 13 km NE of Golfito, Costa Rica.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-83.0901° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	8.7301° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	14.24 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	13km NE of Golfito, 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	2018-08-30 08:02:09	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-08-30 08:24:41	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	340	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	0.402	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.96 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	136	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mwr	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us2000h59l	Id of event.
Event Code	2000h59l	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000h59l,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.7 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-83.0901° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

8.7301° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

14.24 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

13km NE of Golfito, 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

2018-08-30 08:02:09

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-08-30 08:24:41

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-360

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

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

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

340

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

0.402

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.96 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

136

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

mwr

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us2000h59l

Id of event.

Event Code

2000h59l

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us2000h59l,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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