A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Sardinal in Costa Rica on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000q0up. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q0up. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:01:30 / 11:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -85.9493° West, 10.7351° North, depth 46.643 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/05/25 / 2025-05-07 11:01:30 / May 7, 2025 @ 11:01 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.643 km (29 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 57 km (35 miles) from Liberia (c. 45 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from San José (c. 31 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Rivas (c. 30 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Nicoya (c. 15 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 12 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from San Juan del Sur (c. 7 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San José, Belén, Potosí (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 40 km NW of Sardinal, Costa Rica.
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