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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Corredor in Costa Rica

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Corredor in Costa Rica. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -82.908° West, 8.6402° North, depth 12.348 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/01/25 / 2025-01-11 10:32:24 / January 11, 2025 @ 10:32 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.348 km (8 miles). Unique identifier: us6000pjeu. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pjeu. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:32:24 / 10:32 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Buenos Aires (c. 11 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Almirante, Buenos Aires, Pedregal (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km E of Corredor, Costa Rica. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-82.908° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	8.6402° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	12.348 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	4 km E of Corredor, 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	2025-01-11 10:32:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-11 14:05:41	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	19	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.54	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.79 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	205	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	us6000pjeu	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pjeu	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pjeu,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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