Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Quepos in Costa Rica

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Quepos in Costa Rica on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/08/24 / 2024-08-12 01:58:45 / August 12, 2024 @ 1:58 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000npnk. Id of event: us6000npnk. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.729 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -84.1434 West, latitude 9.0007 North, depth = 28.729 km. The temblor was picked up at 01:58:45 / 1:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Buenos Aires, Tejar, Mercedes. The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from San Isidro (c. 34 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Tejar (c. 22 400 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Buenos Aires (c. 11 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Daniel Flores (c. 10 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Quepos (c. 7 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Mercedes (c. 5 500 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 47 km S of Quepos, Costa Rica. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-84.1434° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	9.0007° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	28.729 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	47 km S of Quepos, 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	2024-08-12 01:58:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-08 22:26:12	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	259	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	16	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.996	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.79 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	177	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	us6000npnk	Id of event.
Event Code	6000npnk	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000npnk,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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