Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Cañas in Costa Rica

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Cañas in Costa Rica on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57.808 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 16/10/24 / 2024-10-16 14:29:36 / October 16, 2024 @ 2:29 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -85.0786° West, 10.5461° North, depth 57.808 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:29:36 / 2:29 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nz32. Id of event: us6000nz32. 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 Orotina, Desamparados, Naranjo. Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Liberia (c. 45 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Puntarenas (c. 35 700 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from San José (c. 31 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Quesada (c. 27 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Chacarita (c. 26 400 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Cañas (c. 20 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km N of Cañas, Costa Rica. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-85.0786° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	10.5461° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	57.808 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12 km N of Cañas, 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	2024-10-16 14:29:36	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-21 14:37:12	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	284	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	27	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.282	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.69 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	152	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	us6000nz32	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nz32	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nz32,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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