A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Sardinal in Costa Rica. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/07/19 / 2019-07-01 05:33:07 / July 1, 2019 @ 5:33 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -86.0743 West, latitude 10.4738 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 23:33:07 / 11:33 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us700047w7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700047w7.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Juan del Sur, Nicoya, Liberia. Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Liberia (c. 45 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Nicoya (c. 15 300 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 12 300 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from San Juan del Sur (c. 7 800 pop). Close country/countries, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 46 km W of Sardinal, Costa Rica. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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