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Weak mag. 2.5 earthquake - Departamento de Rivas, 29 km north of San Jose, Costa Rica, on Thursday, Feb 2, 2023 at 10:31 am (GMT -6) -

Weak magnitude 2.5 earthquake at 5 km depth

2 Feb 16:35 UTC: First to report: INETER after 3 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Feb 2, 2023 16:31:36 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Thursday, Feb 2, 2023 at 10:31 am (GMT -6)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	2.5
Depth	5.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	11.207°N / 85.193°W (Departamento de Rivas, Costa Rica)
Antipode	11.207°S / 94.807°E
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	INETER
Nearest volcano	Orosí (40 km / 25 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	29 km (18 mi) NNW of San Jose (Upala, Alajuela) (pop: 31,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 40 km (25 mi) NNW of Upala (Alajuela) (pop: 4,190) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 50 km (31 mi) ENE of La Cruz (Guanacaste) (pop: 4,320) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 69 km (43 mi) NNE of Liberia (Guanacaste) (pop: 45,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 74 km (46 mi) ESE of Nicaragua (Rivas, Nicaragua) (pop: 30,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 87 km (54 mi) N of Canas (Cañas, Guanacaste) (pop: 20,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 96 km (60 mi) SW of Nueva Guinea (South Caribbean Coast, Nicaragua) (pop: 52,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 187 km (116 mi) NW of San Jose (San José) (pop: 335,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Scattered Clouds 27.1°C (81 F), humidity: 68%, wind: 9 m/s (18 kts) from ENE
Estimated seismic energy released	3.5 x 10⁸ joules (98.6 kilowatt hours) \| about seismic energy

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
2.5	5 km	Nicaragua: 33 Km Al Norte De Cuatro Bocas, Costa Rica	INETER
2.5	5 km	NICARAGUA	EMSC
2.5	5 km	Nicaragua	RaspberryShake

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Seismograms

Seismic station: INETER/GEOFON Station INETER, GEOFON Station Boaco/Nicaragua (BOAB/GE network) | Distance from quake: 147 km / 92 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station INETER/GEOFON Station INETER, GEOFON Station Boaco/Nicaragua: 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

User reports for this quake

At magnitude 2.5, this quake might have been felt very close to the epicenter and under calm conditions.

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.

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