6.0 quake in Costa Rica

[cycloneye]

No information yet on damage nor casualties.

Magnitude 6.0
Date-Time Friday, May 13, 2011 at 22:47:55 UTC
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 04:47:55 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 10.105°N, 84.261°W
Depth 70 km (43.5 miles)
Region COSTA RICA
Distances 28 km (17 miles) NW of SAN JOSE, Costa Rica
64 km (39 miles) ENE of Puntarenas, Costa Rica
125 km (77 miles) SSE of San Carlos, Nicaragua
135 km (83 miles) W of Limon, Costa Rica

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 16.5 km (10.3 miles); depth +/- 8.8 km (5.5 miles)
Parameters NST=376, Nph=381, Dmin=20 km, Rmss=1.23 sec, Gp=115°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

[alan1961]

No information yet on damage nor casualties.

Magnitude 6.0
Date-Time Friday, May 13, 2011 at 22:47:55 UTC
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 04:47:55 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 10.105°N, 84.261°W
Depth 70 km (43.5 miles)
Region COSTA RICA
Distances 28 km (17 miles) NW of SAN JOSE, Costa Rica
64 km (39 miles) ENE of Puntarenas, Costa Rica
125 km (77 miles) SSE of San Carlos, Nicaragua
135 km (83 miles) W of Limon, Costa Rica

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 16.5 km (10.3 miles); depth +/- 8.8 km (5.5 miles)
Parameters NST=376, Nph=381, Dmin=20 km, Rmss=1.23 sec, Gp=115°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

This quake knocked a lot of telecommunications out which would
be more annoying than anything, apart from that the country
seems to come out of it ok.

http://earthquake-report.com/2011/05/13 ... osta-rica/