A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Tamarindo in Costa Rica on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 44.768 km, -86.0011° West, 10.6031° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 44.768 km (28 miles). The temblor was detected at 13:02:15 / 1:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/04/25 / 2025-04-08 13:02:15 / April 8, 2025 @ 1:02 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000q4qw. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000q4qw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Liberia (c. 45 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Rivas (c. 30 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Nicoya (c. 15 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 12 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San Juan del Sur (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rivas, Nicoya, San Juan del Sur (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 37 km NNW of Tamarindo, Costa Rica.
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