A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from San Vito in Costa Rica on Thursday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -83.0083° West, 8.9069° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us6000rpa1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rpa1. The temblor was detected at 03:49:11 / 3:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/11/25 / 2025-11-20 03:49:11 / November 20, 2025 @ 3:49 am.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Isidro, Pedregal, Daniel Flores. Event epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from San Isidro (c. 34 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Changuinola (c. 22 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 10 km NNW of San Vito, Costa Rica.

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