A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Golfito in Costa Rica. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us7000nyii. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nyii. The temblor was reported at 15:47:30 / 3:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -83.3941° West, 8.2092° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/12/24 / 2024-12-02 15:47:30 / December 2, 2024 @ 3:47 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Concepción, Corredor, Puerto Armuelles (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 59 km (37 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Corredor (c. 7 100 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Golfito (c. 6 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 53 km SW of Golfito, Costa Rica.
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