A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Parrita in Costa Rica on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 10:34:45 / 10:34 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/07/25 / 2025-07-18 10:34:45 / July 18, 2025 @ 10:34 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qde5. Unique identifier: us7000qde5. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -84.2444° West, 9.5193° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miramar, Puntarenas, Río Segundo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from San José (c. 335 000 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from San Francisco (c. 55 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Alajuela (c. 47 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Paraíso (c. 39 700 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Puntarenas (c. 35 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from San Isidro (c. 34 900 pop). Close 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 8 km E of Parrita, Costa Rica.
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