A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Sardinal in Costa Rica. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/04/25 / 2025-04-19 23:04:23 / April 19, 2025 @ 11:04 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q7a1. Id of event: us6000q7a1. Exact location of event, depth 59.852 km, -85.9478° West, 10.7113° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 59.852 km (37 miles). The temblor was detected at 23:04:23 / 11:04 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Liberia (c. 45 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from San José (c. 31 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Rivas (c. 30 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Nicoya (c. 15 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 12 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from San Juan del Sur (c. 7 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San José, Belén, Potosí (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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 39 km WNW of Sardinal, Costa Rica.
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