A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 0 kilometers (0 miles) from San José in Costa Rica. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:45:36 / 6:45 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000r301. Event ids that are associated: us6000r301. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/08/25 / 2025-08-22 06:45:36 / August 22, 2025 @ 6:45 am. Exact location of event, depth 11.346 km, -84.084° West, 9.9345° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.346 km (7 miles).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puntarenas, Daniel Flores, Chacarita (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop). Event epicenter was 0 km (0 miles) from San José (c. 335 000 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from San Francisco (c. 55 900 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Alajuela (c. 47 500 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Paraíso (c. 39 700 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Puntarenas (c. 35 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from San Isidro (c. 34 900 pop).

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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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