Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - 44km W of Sardinal, Costa Rica on Thursday, 5 September 2013
Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - 50km W of Sardinal, Costa Rica on Thursday, 5 September 2013
5 Sep 12:44 UTC: Premier à signaler: USGS après 15 minutes.
Local time at epicenter: Thursday, September 05, 2013 06:29:15
Magnitude: 6.0
Depth: 18.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 10.5857°N / 86.1065°W
(Costa Rica)Nearest volcano: Orosí (77 km / 48 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
68 km NW de Santa Cruz (pop: 12,300)
73 km W de Liberia (pop: 45,400)
79 km SW de San Juan del Sur (pop: 7,800)
154 km S de Masaya (pop: 130,100)
173 km S de Managua (pop: 973,100)
179 km S de Tipitapa (pop: 127,200)
Primary data source: USGS
Estimated released energy: 6.3 x 1013 joules (17.5 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 15080 tons of TNT or 0.9 atomic bombs!) [learn more]
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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| Heure | Mag. / Depth | Location | Source |
| Thu, 5 Sep 12:29 UTC | M 5.9 / 48 km | OFF COAST OF COSTA RICA | EMSC |
| Thu, 5 Sep 12:29 UTC | M 5.8 / 24 km | New Zealand | GFZ |
| Thu, 5 Sep 12:29 UTC | M 6.0 / 18 km | 50km W of Sardinal, New Zealand | USGS |
| Thu, 5 Sep 12:29 UTC | M 5.9 / 15 km | Nicaragua | INETER |
| Thu, 5 Sep 12:29 UTC | M 6.0 / 18 km | W of Sardinal, New Zealand | GeoAu |
(shakemap: USGS)
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Playa Hermosa (Costa Rica, 42 km E of epicenter) : Been through 2 big ones in California and one here in Costa Rica. We are near the beach in a ground floor condo unit that is 3 stories. Woke up thinking I was on a boat and hit rough water. (reported through EMSC)
Aftershocks of the 6.0 quake: 50km W of Sardinal, Costa Rica, 5 Sep 2013 12h29
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List of recorded aftershocks, latest first (43 quakes):- 23 Feb 2014 18:04 UTC| M 2.9 |15 km (9.3 mi) depth|29 km (18 mi) distance| INETER | Details
- 23 Feb 2014 16:11 UTC| M 3.8 |15 km (9.3 mi) depth|38 km (24 mi) distance| INETER | Details
- 22 Dec 2013 05:43 UTC| M 2.8 |25.5 km (15.8 mi) depth|37 km (23 mi) distance| INETER | Details
- 22 Dec 2013 05:05 UTC| M 2.9 |63.7 km (39.6 mi) depth|35 km (22 mi) distance| INETER | Details
- 03 Dec 2013 14:30 UTC| M 3.6 |7.9 km (4.9 mi) depth|29 km (18 mi) distance| INETER | Details
- 23 Nov 2013 07:55 UTC| M 3.2 |178.1 km (110.7 mi) depth|34 km (21 mi) distance| INETER | Details
- 18 Nov 2013 13:17 UTC| M 3.6 |6 km (3.7 mi) depth|10 km (6 mi) distance| OVSICORI | Details
- 18 Nov 2013 00:06 UTC| M 2.9 |1 km (0.6 mi) depth|24 km (15 mi) distance| INETER | Details
- 14 Nov 2013 15:00 UTC| M 2.6 |3 km (1.9 mi) depth|31 km (19 mi) distance| OVSICORI | Details
- 14 Nov 2013 09:38 UTC| M 2.9 |99 km (61.5 mi) depth|35 km (22 mi) distance| OVSICORI | Details
- 13 Nov 2013 01:53 UTC| M 2.8 |14 km (8.7 mi) depth|14 km (9 mi) distance| OVSICORI | Details
- 11 Nov 2013 03:51 UTC| M 2.7 |27 km (16.8 mi) depth|30 km (19 mi) distance| OVSICORI | Details
- 04 Nov 2013 09:08 UTC| M 2.6 |35 km (21.7 mi) depth|22 km (14 mi) distance| OVSICORI | Details
- 29 Oct 2013 12:45 UTC| M 3.0 |19 km (11.8 mi) depth|16 km (10 mi) distance| OVSICORI | Details
- 23 Oct 2013 03:45 UTC| M 3.4 |1 km (0.6 mi) depth|18 km (11 mi) distance| OVSICORI | Details
- 16 Oct 2013 03:30 UTC| M 3.8 |4 km (2.5 mi) depth|30 km (19 mi) distance| OVSICORI | Details
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