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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Parrita in Costa Rica

Posted by admin on July 6, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 9.5798S, -84.2646WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Parrita in Costa Rica. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.219 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000qb1x. Event ids that are associated: us7000qb1x. Exact location of event, longitude -84.2646 West, latitude 9.5798 North, depth = 44.219 km. The temblor was detected at 19:59:58 / 7:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/07/25 / 2025-07-06 19:59:58 / July 6, 2025 @ 7:59 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pocora, Guácimo, Guápiles. Epicenter of the earthquake was 44 km (27 miles) from San José (c. 335 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from San Francisco (c. 55 900 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Alajuela (c. 47 500 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Paraíso (c. 39 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Puntarenas (c. 35 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from San Isidro (c. 34 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Curridabat (c. 34 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 9 km NE of Parrita, Costa Rica.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -84.2646° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.5798° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 44.219 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km NE of Parrita, 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 2025-07-06 19:59:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-06 20:22:00 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 13 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 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 345 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 63 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.302 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 145 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000qb1x Id of event.
Event Code 7000qb1x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qb1x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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