Magnitude 4.6 PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION
Sunday, September 06, 2009 at 05:02:45 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude 4.6
Date-Time Sunday, September 06, 2009 at 05:02:45 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Sunday, September 06, 2009 at 12:02:45 AM local time at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 8.60N 82.98W
Depth 48 kilometers
Region PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION
Distances 20 km (10 miles) ESE of Golfito, Costa Rica
65 km (40 miles) WNW of David, Panama
115 km (70 miles) SW of Bocas del Toro, Panama
190 km (120 miles) SE of SAN JOSE, Costa Rica
Location Uncertainty Error estimate: horizontal +/- 6.1 km; depth fixed by location program
Parameters Nst=127, Nph=127, Dmin=351.1 km, Rmss=1.01 sec, Erho=6.1 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=80.6 degrees
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Remarks Felt (IV) at Curridabat; (III) at Golfito, Guadalupe, San Isidro and San Jose and (II) at Escazu, Heredia and Santa Ana. Also felt at Alajuela, Asuncion, Atenas, Desamparados, El Tejar, Guacimo, Limon, Mercedes, Palmar, Puerto Cortes, Quepos, Rio Segundo, Sabanilla, San Francisco, San Pablo, San Rafael, Santiago, Santo Domingo, San Vicente, Sixaola, Tigra, Turrialba, Tres Rios and Villa Colan. Felt (III) at Boquete and David, Panama. Also felt at Almirante and Potrerillos Abajo.
Event ID uslfak

Earthquake Location