A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Tamarindo in Costa Rica. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nyhn. Unique identifier: us6000nyhn. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -86.1325° West, 10.4368° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:05:34 / 10:05 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/10/24 / 2024-10-13 22:05:34 / October 13, 2024 @ 10:05 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Liberia (c. 45 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Nicoya (c. 15 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 12 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nicoya, Liberia, Santa Cruz.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light 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: 35 km WNW of Tamarindo, Costa Rica. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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