Moderate mag. 4.6 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 105 km southwest of Nicoya, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, on Friday, 4 Dec 2020 12:10 pm (GMT -6) -

Moderate mag. 4.6 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 105 km southwest of Nicoya, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, on Friday, 4 Dec 2020 12:10 pm (GMT -6)

Séisme modéré magnitude 4.6 at 26 km depth

4 Dec 18:14 UTC: Premier à signaler: INETER après 4 minutes.
4 Dec 18:28: Magnitude recalculée de 4.7 à 4.6. Emplacement de l'épicentre corrigé de 4.7 km (2.9 mi) au NE.
Update Fri, 4 Dec 2020, 18:15
Magnitude 4.7 earthquake strikes near Nicoya, Costa Rica
4.7 quake 84 Km Al Sur De Ostional, Costa Rica, 4 Dec 12.10 pm (GMT -6)
4.7 quake 84 Km Al Sur De Ostional, Costa Rica, 4 Dec 12.10 pm (GMT -6)
Just 5 minutes ago, a 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck near Nicoya, Provincia de Guanacaste, Costa Rica. The tremor was recorded around noon on Friday 4 December 2020 at 12.10 pm local time, at a shallow depth of 26 km below the surface.
The event was filed by the Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies (INETER), the first seismological agency to report it.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Nicoya (pop. 15,300) located 109 km from the epicenter, and Santa Cruz (pop. 12,300) 116 km away.
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Earthquake data:

Date & time: 4 Dec 2020 18:10:15 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: vendredi, 4 déc. 2020 12:10 (GMT -6)
Magnitude: 4.6
Profondeur: 26.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 9.291°N / 85.841°W (Océan Pacifique Nord, Costa Rica)
Volcan le plus près: Miravalles (183 km / 114 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
74 km SSO de Samara (pop: 1,070) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
105 km SSO de Nicoya (pop: 15,300) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
134 km SO de Puntarenas (pop: 35,700) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
140 km SO de Chacarita (pop: 26,400) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
151 km SSO de Canas (Cañas) (pop: 20,300) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
156 km SSO de Liberia (pop: 45,400) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
196 km OSO de Alajuela (pop: 47,500) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
203 km OSO de San Francisco (pop: 55,900) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
205 km OSO de San Francisco de Heredia (Heredia) (pop: 21,900) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
206 km OSO de San José (pop: 335,000) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Broken Clouds 26.1°C (79 F), humidity: 81%, wind: 2 m/s (4 kts) from SW
Primary data source: INETER
Estimated released energy: 5 x 1011 joules (139 megawatt hours, equivalent to 120 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudeProfondeurLocationSource
M 4.626 km80 Km Al Sur De Ostional, Costa RicaINETER
M 4.410 kmOFF COAST OF COSTA RICAEMSC
M 4.410 km76 Km SSW of Sámara, Costa RicaUSGS

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