Strong mag. 5.1 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 88 km west of Liberia, Provincia de Guanacaste, Costa Rica, on 13 de diciembre del 2019 8:23 am -

Strong mag. 5.1 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 88 km west of Liberia, Provincia de Guanacaste, Costa Rica, on 13 de diciembre del 2019 8:23 am

Strong magnitude 5.1 earthquake at 15 km depth

13 Dec 14:36 UTC: First to report: RSN after 13 minutes.
Date & time: 13 Dec 2019 14:23:00 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: 13 de diciembre del 2019 8:23 am
Magnitude: 5.1
Depth: 15.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 10.397°N / 86.203°W (North Pacific Ocean, Costa Rica)
Nearest volcano: Orosí (103 km / 64 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
69 km (43 mi) WNW of Santa Cruz (pop: 12,300) --> See nearby quakes!
87 km (54 mi) WNW of Nicoya (pop: 15,300) --> See nearby quakes!
88 km (55 mi) WSW of Liberia (pop: 45,400) --> See nearby quakes!
121 km (75 mi) W of Canas (Cañas) (pop: 20,300) --> See nearby quakes!
132 km (82 mi) WSW of San José (Upala) (pop: 31,400) --> See nearby quakes!
157 km (97 mi) WNW of Puntarenas (pop: 35,700) --> See nearby quakes!
193 km (120 mi) S of Managua (Nicaragua) (pop: 973,100) --> See nearby quakes!
222 km (138 mi) W of Alajuela (pop: 47,500) --> See nearby quakes!
231 km (144 mi) W of San Francisco (pop: 55,900) --> See nearby quakes!
238 km (148 mi) WNW of San Jose (pop: 335,000) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: RSN
Estimated released energy: 2.8 x 1012 joules (783 megawatt hours, equivalent to 674 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 5.115 km43 km al Oeste de Cabo Velas, Guanacaste. (Costa Rica)RSN
M 4.828 kmOff Coast Of Costa RicaEMSC
M 4.615 km43km W of Sardinal, Costa RicaUSGS

User reports for this quake (8)

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47.2 km E of epicenter [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) (reported through our app)
tamarindo, CR / Light shaking (MMI IV)
Capitan suizo Tamarindo (40.4 km ESE of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : Was inside hotel and windows and doors shook for around 5 seconds. Was longer than sundays earthquake
Tamarindo, Guanacaste / Light shaking (MMI IV)
58.8 km ENE of epicenter [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) (reported through our app)
Tamarindo / Light shaking (MMI IV)
Tempate (Costa Rica, 45 km E of epicenter) : Made the doors rattle (reported through EMSC)
Tempate (Costa Rica, 44 km E of epicenter) : I was on the third floor and could fell it shaking very mild (reported through EMSC)
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Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (9 quakes):
  • 03 Feb 2020 10:54 UTC
    | M 3.4 |
    4 km (2.5 mi) depth
    |
    10 km (6 mi) distance
    | RSN | Details
  • 03 Feb 2020 10:50 UTC
    | M 4.0 |
    17 km (10.6 mi) depth
    |
    10 km (6 mi) distance
    | RSN | Details
  • 26 Jan 2020 15:33 UTC
    | M 4.7 |
    4 km (2.5 mi) depth
    |
    5 km (3 mi) distance
    | RSN | Details
  • 26 Jan 2020 15:31 UTC
    | M 4.5 |
    21 km (13 mi) depth
    |
    5 km (3 mi) distance
    | RSN | Details
  • 15 Jan 2020 07:26 UTC
    | M 4.0 |
    22 km (13.7 mi) depth
    |
    14 km (9 mi) distance
    | RSN | Details
  • 03 Jan 2020 09:34 UTC
    | M 3.0 |
    25 km (15.5 mi) depth
    |
    3 km (2 mi) distance
    | RSN | Details
  • 31 Dec 2019 09:03 UTC
    | M 3.2 |
    22 km (13.7 mi) depth
    |
    16 km (10 mi) distance
    | RSN | Details
  • 29 Dec 2019 01:36 UTC
    | M 3.7 |
    9 km (5.6 mi) depth
    |
    15 km (9 mi) distance
    | RSN | Details
  • 29 Dec 2019 01:34 UTC
    | M 3.5 |
    3 km (1.9 mi) depth
    |
    18 km (11 mi) distance
    | RSN | Details

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