Magnitude 6.1 Earthquake - Costa Rica

United States Geological Survey
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:13 UTC

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Magnitude 6.1 - COSTA RICA

2009 January 08 19:21:36 UTC

Thursday, January 08, 2009 at 01:21:36 PM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 10.221°N, 84.207°W

Depth 14 km (8.7 miles) set by location program

Region COSTA RICA

Distances 35 km (20 miles) NNW of SAN JOSE, Costa Rica

75 km (45 miles) ENE of Puntarenas, Costa Rica

115 km (75 miles) SSE of San Carlos, Nicaragua

1770 km (1100 miles) SSW of Miami, Florida

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 7 km (4.3 miles); depth fixed by location program

Parameters NST=151, Nph=151, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.11 sec, Gp=144°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7

Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID us2009bpba

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.