Moderate earthquake 5.2 mag, 23 km ESE of Buenos Aires, Costa Rica

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Buenos Aires in Costa Rica. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:40:48 / 8:40 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -83.1509 West, latitude 9.0672 North, depth = 39.88 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 39.88 km (25 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/03/20 / 2020-03-07 02:40:48 / March 7, 2020 @ 2:40 am. Id of earthquake: us60008bgr. Event ids that are associated: us60008bgr.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop). Event epicenter was 106 km (66 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Limón (c. 63 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from San Isidro (c. 34 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Changuinola (c. 22 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Bocas del Toro (c. 13 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was David, Bocas del Toro, Limón (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 have been detected in the same area.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-83.1509° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.0672° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	39.88 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	23km ESE of Buenos Aires, 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	2020-03-07 02:40:48	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-03-07 03:01:33	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	77	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.2	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	448	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	0.532	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.13 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	101	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	us60008bgr	Id of event.
Event Code	60008bgr	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us60008bgr,	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

-83.1509° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

9.0672° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

39.88 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

23km ESE of Buenos Aires, 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

2020-03-07 02:40:48

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2020-03-07 03:01:33

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

4.2

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

448

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

0.532

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

Root Mean Square

1.13 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

101

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

us60008bgr

Id of event.

Event Code

60008bgr

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

Event IDS

,us60008bgr,

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

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