A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Tamarindo in Costa Rica. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/09/25 / 2025-09-22 11:56:33 / September 22, 2025 @ 11:56 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -86.4702° West, 10.7273° North. The temblor was picked up at 11:56:33 / 11:56 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qxte. Id of event: us7000qxte. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Juan del Sur (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from San Juan del Sur (c. 7 800 pop). Close country/countries, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 83 km NW of Tamarindo, Costa Rica.

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