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Moderate earthquake, 5.9 mag has occurred near Quepos in Costa Rica

Posted by admin on October 22, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 9.3653S, -84.1795WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Quepos in Costa Rica on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 22/10/25 / 2025-10-22 03:57:07 / October 22, 2025 @ 3:57 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.021 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -84.1795° West, latitude 9.3653° North, depth = 31.021 km. The temblor was detected at 03:57:07 / 3:57 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000ril5. Event ids that are associated: us6000ril5.

Nearby country/countries, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quesada, Siquirres, Pocora. Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from San José (c. 335 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from San Francisco (c. 55 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Alajuela (c. 47 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Paraíso (c. 39 700 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Puntarenas (c. 35 700 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from San Isidro (c. 34 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Curridabat (c. 34 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from San Vicente de Moravia (c. 34 400 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 7 km SSW of Quepos, Costa Rica. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -84.1795° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.3653° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31.021 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km SSW of Quepos, 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 2025-10-22 03:57:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-22 04:11:32 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 11 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.6 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 542 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 79 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.411 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 123 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000ril5 Id of event.
Event Code 6000ril5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ril5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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