Moderate earthquake 5.2 mag, 26 km S of La Cruz, Costa Rica

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from La Cruz in Costa Rica on Sunday. Exact location, longitude -85.6082° West, latitude 10.8393° North, depth = 65.34 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 18:09:03 / 6:09 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.34 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/07/19 / 2019-07-08 00:09:03 / July 8, 2019 @ 12:09 am. Unique identifier: us70004ed6. Ids that are associated to the event: us70004ed6.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Carlos, Tilarán, Belén (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 29 km (18 miles) from Liberia (c. 45 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from San José (c. 31 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Rivas (c. 30 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Cañas (c. 20 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Nicoya (c. 15 300 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from San Carlos (c. 13 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 12 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-85.6082° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	10.8393° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	65.34 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	26km S of La Cruz, 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	2019-07-08 00:09:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-07-08 00:25:18	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	3.4	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	419	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	0.844	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	130	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	us70004ed6	Id of event.
Event Code	70004ed6	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70004ed6,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.2 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-85.6082° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

10.8393° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

65.34 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

26km S of La Cruz, 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

2019-07-08 00:09:03

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-07-08 00:25:18

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

3.4

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

419

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

0.844

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

Root Mean Square

1 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

130

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

us70004ed6

Id of event.

Event Code

70004ed6

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

Event IDS

,us70004ed6,

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

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