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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Golfito in Costa Rica

Posted by admin on June 7, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 8.7421S, -83.3479WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Golfito in Costa Rica. The epicenter was at a depth of 20.637 km (13 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -83.3479° West, 8.7421° North, depth 20.637 km. Id of earthquake: us6000qim8. Event ids that are associated: us6000qim8. The temblor was picked up at 04:06:34 / 4:06 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/06/25 / 2025-06-07 04:06:34 / June 7, 2025 @ 4:06 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Boquete, La Concepción, San Isidro. Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from San Isidro (c. 34 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Buenos Aires (c. 11 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Volcán (c. 11 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Daniel Flores (c. 10 000 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Corredor (c. 7 100 pop).

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-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 30 km WNW of Golfito, Costa Rica. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -83.3479° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.7421° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20.637 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 30 km WNW 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 2025-06-07 04:06:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-07 04:24:43 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 354 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 66 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.527 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 134 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000qim8 Id of event.
Event Code 6000qim8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qim8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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