A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Tamarindo in Costa Rica. Exact location of event, longitude -86.0475 West, latitude 10.5289 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:24:02 / 11:24 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/05/25 / 2025-05-14 11:24:02 / May 14, 2025 @ 11:24 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pz5u. Id of event: us7000pz5u. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Liberia (c. 45 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Nicoya (c. 15 300 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 12 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from San Juan del Sur (c. 7 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Juan del Sur, Nicoya, Liberia. Country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 34 km NW of Tamarindo, Costa Rica.
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