Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Buenos Aires in Costa Rica

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Earthquake location 8.991S, -83.2134W A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Buenos Aires in Costa Rica. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 65.355 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 11:51:59 / 11:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -83.2134 West, latitude 8.991 North, depth = 65.355 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000rnks. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rnks. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/11/25 / 2025-11-16 11:51:59 / November 16, 2025 @ 11:51 am UTC/GMT.

Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from San Isidro (c. 34 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Changuinola (c. 22 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Buenos Aires (c. 11 700 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Volcán (c. 11 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Daniel Flores (c. 10 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Almirante, Changuinola, Boquete (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 24 km SSE of Buenos Aires, Costa Rica. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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