A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Puerto Cortés in Costa Rica on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.031 km (5 miles). Unique identifier: us6000rpvb. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rpvb. The temblor was picked up at 18:41:19 / 6:41 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/11/25 / 2025-11-22 18:41:19 / November 22, 2025 @ 6:41 pm. Exact location of event, depth 8.031 km, -84.1029° West, 8.7615° North.
Country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Buenos Aires, San Isidro, Mercedes. Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from San Isidro (c. 34 900 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Buenos Aires (c. 11 700 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Daniel Flores (c. 10 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Quepos (c. 7 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Mercedes (c. 5 500 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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: 67 km WSW of Puerto Cortés, Costa Rica.
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