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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag has occurred near Quepos in Costa Rica

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A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Quepos in Costa Rica. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -84.142° West, 8.8014° North. Event id: us6000rp1a. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rp1a. 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 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/11/25 / 2025-11-18 22:36:33 / November 18, 2025 @ 10:36 pm. The temblor was detected at 22:36:33 / 10:36 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tejar, Buenos Aires, Mercedes. Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (49 miles) from San Isidro (c. 34 900 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Tejar (c. 22 400 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Buenos Aires (c. 11 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Daniel Flores (c. 10 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Quepos (c. 7 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Mercedes (c. 5 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 69 km S of Quepos, Costa Rica. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-84.142° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	8.8014° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	69 km S 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	2025-11-18 22:36:33	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-11-18 22:52:11	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	449	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	67	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.944	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	149	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	us6000rp1a	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rp1a	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rp1a,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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