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Minor earthquake, 3.3 mag was detected near Santiago in Costa Rica

Posted by admin on September 19, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 9.8674S, -84.3543WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Santiago in Costa Rica on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.75 km (7 miles). The temblor was reported at 02:21:06 / 2:21 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 19/09/20 / 2020-09-19 02:21:06 / September 19, 2020 @ 2:21 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -84.3543 West, latitude 9.8674 North, depth = 11.75 km. Event id: us7000bq4m. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000bq4m.

Event epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from San José (c. 335 000 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from San Francisco (c. 55 900 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Alajuela (c. 47 500 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Paraíso (c. 39 700 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Puntarenas (c. 35 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Turrialba, Guápiles, Puntarenas.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km WNW of Santiago, Costa Rica. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -84.3543° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.8674° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.75 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km WNW of Santiago, 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 2020-09-19 02:21:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-19 05:04:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 168 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 0.274 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 140 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000bq4m Id of event.
Event Code 7000bq4m An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bq4m, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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