A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Tamarindo in Costa Rica. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/10/24 / 2024-10-15 00:10:51 / October 15, 2024 @ 12:10 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000nyqq. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nyqq. Exact location of earthquake, -86.2297° West, 10.4441° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 00:10:51 / 12:10 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Liberia (c. 45 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Nicoya (c. 15 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 12 300 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from San Juan del Sur (c. 7 800 pop). Close country/countries, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Juan del Sur, Nicoya, Liberia (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 45 km WNW of Tamarindo, Costa Rica.
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