Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag was detected near Golfito in Costa Rica

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Golfito in Costa Rica. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 20.29 km (13 miles). The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:33:44 / 3:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -83.1112° West, 8.6869° North, depth 20.29 km. Event id: us2000h52e. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000h52e. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/08/18 / 2018-08-29 21:33:44 / August 29, 2018 @ 9:33 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from San Isidro (c. 34 900 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Changuinola (c. 22 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop). Close country/countries, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guabito, Changuinola, Almirante (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-83.1112° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	8.6869° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	20.29 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8km NE of Golfito, 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	2018-08-29 21:33:44	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-08-29 21:57:39	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	12	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	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	452	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		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.431	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.49 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	84	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us2000h52e	Id of event.
Event Code	2000h52e	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000h52e,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.4 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-83.1112° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

8.6869° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

20.29 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

8km NE of Golfito, 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

2018-08-29 21:33:44

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-08-29 21:57:39

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-360

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

3.1

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

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

452

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.431

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.49 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

mww

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us2000h52e

Id of event.

Event Code

2000h52e

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us2000h52e,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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