A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Golfito in Costa Rica. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -83.4023° West, 8.6802° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/03/25 / 2025-03-04 07:29:51 / March 4, 2025 @ 7:29 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us6000pwri. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pwri. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:29:51 / 7:29 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from San Isidro (c. 34 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Buenos Aires (c. 11 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Volcán (c. 11 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Daniel Flores (c. 10 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Concepción, Volcán, San Isidro (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop).
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 twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 32 km WNW of Golfito, Costa Rica. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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