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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Tamarindo in Costa Rica

Posted by admin on February 18, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 10.2222S, -85.7528WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Tamarindo in Costa Rica on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude -85.7528° West, latitude 10.2222° North, depth = 18.156 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:40:39 / 8:40 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 18.156 km (11 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/02/25 / 2025-02-18 20:40:39 / February 18, 2025 @ 8:40 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000pel7. Event ids that are associated: us7000pel7.

The epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Liberia (c. 45 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Cañas (c. 20 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Nicoya (c. 15 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 12 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Tilarán (c. 7 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tilarán, Cañas, Liberia (min 5000 pop).

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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km SE of Tamarindo, Costa Rica. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -85.7528° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.2222° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18.156 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km SE of Tamarindo, 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 2025-02-18 20:40:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-18 21:35:59 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 298 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 46 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.765 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 202 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 us7000pel7 Id of event.
Event Code 7000pel7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pel7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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