A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Sardinal in Costa Rica. Event id: us2000i61l. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000i61l. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/10/18 / 2018-10-29 14:02:11 / October 29, 2018 @ 2:02 pm. The temblor was picked up at 08:02:11 / 8:02 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -86.419° West, 10.6745° North.
Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from San Juan del Sur (c. 7 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Juan del Sur.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 86 km WNW of Sardinal, Costa Rica. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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