Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Corredor in Costa Rica

A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Corredor in Costa Rica on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -82.9941 West, latitude 8.6372 North, depth = 22.38 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/12/20 / 2020-12-08 14:53:14 / December 8, 2020 @ 2:53 pm. Unique identifier: us7000cp5q. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000cp5q. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 14:53:14 / 2:53 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.38 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Almirante, Mercedes, Buenos Aires (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Buenos Aires (c. 11 700 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Volcán (c. 11 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km W of Corredor, Costa Rica. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-82.9941° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	8.6372° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	22.38 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 km W of Corredor, 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	2020-12-08 14:53:14	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-12-08 18:08:21	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	340	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	0.34	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.64 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	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000cp5q	Id of event.
Event Code	7000cp5q	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000cp5q,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.7 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-82.9941° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

8.6372° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

22.38 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

5 km W of Corredor, 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

2020-12-08 14:53:14

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2020-12-08 18:08:21

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

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

340

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

0.34

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

Root Mean Square

0.64 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

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us7000cp5q

Id of event.

Event Code

7000cp5q

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

Event IDS

,us7000cp5q,

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

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