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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Sardinal in Costa Rica


Earthquake location 10.6822S, -85.9624WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Sardinal in Costa Rica on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 54.986 km, -85.9624° West, 10.6822° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 54.986 km (34 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/10/24 / 2024-10-12 18:17:51 / October 12, 2024 @ 6:17 pm. The temblor was picked up at 18:17:51 / 6:17 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000nyb6. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nyb6.

The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Liberia (c. 45 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from San José (c. 31 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Rivas (c. 30 300 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Cañas (c. 20 300 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Nicoya (c. 15 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 12 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from San Juan del Sur (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cañas, San José, Belén (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ten 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.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 39 km WNW of Sardinal, Costa Rica.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -85.9624° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.6822° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 54.986 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39 km WNW of Sardinal, 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 2024-10-12 18:17:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-12 19:03:15 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 369 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 175 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.652 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 143 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 us6000nyb6 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nyb6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nyb6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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