Light mag. 3.2 earthquake - 1.8 km north of Fortuna, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at 12:00 GMT
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Light magnitude 3.2 earthquake at 5 km depth
21 Oct 14:32 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 2 hours and 32 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Oct 21, 2020 12:00:30 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.2 |
| Depth | 5.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 10.69°N / 85.2°W  (Bagaces, Provincia de Guanacaste, Costa Rica) |
| Antipode | 10.69°S / 94.8°E |
| Shaking intensity | Light shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre) |
| Nearest volcano | Miravalles (8 km / 5 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 2 km (1 mi) N of Fortuna (Guanacaste) (pop: 1,770) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 19 km (12 mi) NNE of Bagaces (Guanacaste) (pop: 4,110) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 27 km (17 mi) ENE of Liberia (Guanacaste) (pop: 45,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 30 km (19 mi) SSW of San José (Upala, Alajuela) (pop: 31,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 31 km (19 mi) SW of Upala (Alajuela) (pop: 4,190) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 31 km (19 mi) NNW of Canas (Cañas, Guanacaste) (pop: 20,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 35 km (22 mi) NW of Tilaran (Tilarán, Guanacaste) (pop: 7,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 66 km (41 mi) NNE of Nicoya (Guanacaste) (pop: 15,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 140 km (87 mi) WNW of San Francisco (Heredia) (pop: 55,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 148 km (92 mi) NW of San Jose (San José) (pop: 335,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 4 x 109 joules (1.11 megawatt hours, equivalent to 0.951 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.2 | 5 km | 27 Km ENE of Liberia, Costa Rica | EMSC |
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