Wednesday, September 05, 2012

Big Earthquake in Costa Rica

USGS just released an alert of a 7.6 earthquake in Costa Rica, which is a big earthquake....

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Subject: 2012-09-05 14:42:10 UPDATED: (Mww 7.6) COSTA RICA 10.1 -85.3 (2b02a)
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 09:06:04 -0600 (MDT)
From: ens@usgs.gov (USGS ENS)
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Globe with Earthquake Location

7.6 Mww - COSTA RICA

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 7.6 Mww
Date-Time
  • 5 Sep 2012 14:42:10 UTC
  • 5 Sep 2012 08:42:10 near epicenter
  • 5 Sep 2012 06:42:10 standard time in your timezone
Location 10.120N 85.347W
Depth 40 km
Distances
  • 60 km (38 miles) SSE (167 degrees) of Liberia, Costa Rica
  • 127 km (79 miles) SSW (209 degrees) of San Carlos, Nicaragua
  • 141 km (88 miles) W (276 degrees) of SAN JOSE, Costa Rica
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 13.6 km; Vertical 6.2 km
Parameters Nph = 737; Dmin = 136.1 km; Rmss = 1.42 seconds; Gp = 17°
M-type = Mww; Version = F
Event ID us c000cfsd ***This event supersedes event AT00m9vsu9.
For updates, maps, and technical information, see:
Event Page
or
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
National Earthquake Information Center
U.S. Geological Survey
http://neic.usgs.gov/



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