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Light mag. 3.4 earthquake - 14 km northeast of San Vito, Coto Brus, Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica, on Thursday, Jan 26, 2023 at 9:49 pm (GMT -6) -

Light magnitude 3.4 earthquake at 11 km depth

27 Jan 03:52 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 2 minutes.
27 Jan 04:32: Magnitude recalculated from 3.4 to 3.9. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 18.0 to 16.0 km (from 11.2 to 9.9 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 3.5 km (2.2 mi) towards SSW.
27 Jan 05:32: Magnitude recalculated from 3.9 to 3.4. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 16.0 to 10.6 km (from 9.9 to 6.6 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 7.3 km (4.6 mi) towards WSW.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Jan 27, 2023 03:49:40 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Thursday, Jan 26, 2023 at 9:49 pm (GMT -6)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	3.4
Depth	10.6 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	8.9232°N / 82.8946°W (Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica)
Antipode	8.923°S / 97.105°E
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	RaspberryShake (RaspberryShake)
Nearest volcano	Baru (41 km / 25 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	12 km (8 mi) NNW of Rio Sereno (Chiriquí, Panama) (pop: 1,370) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 14 km (9 mi) NE of San Vito (Puntarenas) (pop: 3,980) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 32 km (20 mi) N of Corredor (Ciudad Neily, Puntarenas) (pop: 7,080) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 32 km (20 mi) WNW of Volcan (Bugaba, Chiriquí, Panama) (pop: 10,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 36 km (23 mi) WNW of Cerro Punta (Chiriquí, Panama) (pop: 1,570) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 40 km (25 mi) NNW of San Andrés (Chiriquí, Panama) (pop: 1,150) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 43 km (27 mi) NE of Golfito (Puntarenas) (pop: 6,780) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 172 km (107 mi) SE of San Jose (San José) (pop: 335,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Overcast Clouds 10.5°C (51 F), humidity: 91%, wind: 3 m/s (5 kts) from NNE
Estimated seismic energy released	7.9 x 10⁹ joules (2.21 megawatt hours, equivalent to 1.9 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
3.4	10.6 km	Panama-Costa Rica Border Region	RaspberryShake
3.4	11 km	PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION	EMSC
3.7	7 km	9 Km Al Noroeste De La Tigra, Costa Rica	INETER
3.9	16 km	Costa Rica: 12 Km Al Este De Pittier, Coto Brus.	RSN
3.4	10.6 km	Costa Rica: 12 Km NNW of Río Sereno, Panama	USGS
3.4	10 km	Panama-Costa Rica Border Region	IRIS

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Heredia, Costa Rica (HDC/G network) | Distance from quake: 179 km / 112 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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