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Weak mag. 3.5 earthquake - Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica, 49 km west of David, Panama, on Wednesday, Nov 23, 2022 at 4:12 pm (GMT -6) -

Weak magnitude 3.5 earthquake at 42 km depth

23 Nov 22:17 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 4 minutes.
23 Nov 22:42: Magnitude recalculated from 3.3 to 3.5. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 26.0 to 42.0 km (from 16.2 to 26 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 1.6 km (1 mi) towards NW.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Nov 23, 2022 22:12:53 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Wednesday, Nov 23, 2022 at 4:12 pm (GMT -6)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	3.5
Depth	42.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	8.55°N / 82.86°W (Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica)
Antipode	8.55°S / 97.14°E
Shaking intensity	Very weak shaking
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Nearest volcano	Baru (45 km / 28 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	3 km (2 mi) NW of Canoas (Puntarenas) (pop: 4,570) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 14 km (9 mi) SE of Corredor (Ciudad Neily, Puntarenas) (pop: 7,080) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 26 km (16 mi) W of Concepcion (Chiriquí, Panama) (pop: 17,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 28 km (18 mi) E of Golfito (Puntarenas) (pop: 6,780) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 30 km (19 mi) N of Puerto Armuelles (Chiriquí, Panama) (pop: 11,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 32 km (20 mi) SSE of San Vito (Puntarenas) (pop: 3,980) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 49 km (31 mi) WNW of David (Chiriquí, Panama) (pop: 82,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 204 km (127 mi) SE of San Jose (San José) (pop: 335,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Light Rain 27.2°C (81 F), humidity: 88%, wind: 1 m/s (2 kts) from SW
Estimated seismic energy released	1.1 x 10¹⁰ joules (3.12 megawatt hours, equivalent to 2.68 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
3.5	42 km	PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION	EMSC
3.5	42 km	Panama-Costa Rica Border Region	RaspberryShake
3.1	22 km	7 Km Al Oeste De Paso Canoas, Costa Rica	INETER

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Heredia, Costa Rica (HDC/G network) | Distance from quake: 212 km / 132 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Heredia, Costa Rica: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.5-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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