Earthquake with magnitude of Mwp 5.6 on date 21-03-2023 and time 02:44:17 (Italy) in region Costa Rica

A magnitude Mwp 5.6 earthquake occured in region: Costa Rica, on

  • 21-03-2023 01:44:17 (UTC)
  • 21-03-2023 02:44:17 (UTC +01:00) Italian time
  • 20-03-2023 19:44:17 (UTC -06:00) local time in the region of the earthquake (America/Costa_Rica)

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 9.4850, -84.2410 at 34 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

No Italian municipalities within 100 km from the epicenter with at least 50000 inhabitants.

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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100
mb 5.0
Mwp 5.6
2023-03-21
01:44:17
9.4852 -84.2414 34 2023-03-21
01:58:55
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 115579191
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-03-21 01:44:17
Latitude 9.4852
Longitude -84.2414
Depth (km) 34 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin automatic
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV-A
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 115579191

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 12867
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 12151
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 245
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 13450.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 132.581
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 45
Number of defining phases 45
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 2.08673
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.53247
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 84.04410
Number of stations at which the event was observed 43
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 43
Magnitudes information

Mwp:5.6

Field Value
Value 5.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 7
Type of magnitude Mwp
Reference to an origin 115579191
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-03-21 01:58:55

mb:5.0

Field Value
Value 5.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 24
Type of magnitude mb
Reference to an origin 115579191
Agency INGV
Autore early-est_ee1.1.9
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-03-21 01:58:55
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
GE.WLF.BHZ. 2023-03-21T01:56:47.40 10.0 positive automatic pP 41 83.0335 -1.34482 0
WM.MAHO.BHZ. 2023-03-21T01:56:46.40 10.0 positive automatic pP 51 82.7925 -1.04881 0
IU.ADK.BHZ.00 2023-03-21T01:56:44.65 10.0 negative automatic P 322 84.0441 1.24958 0.139285
GE.IBBN.BHZ. 2023-03-21T01:56:40.95 10.0 positive automatic P 38 83.7187 -0.792572 0
RD.MTLF.BHZ. 2023-03-21T01:56:27.06 10.0 negative automatic P 47 80.9398 -0.196015 0.164757
RD.MFF.BHZ. 2023-03-21T01:56:17.18 10.0 positive automatic P 44 79.0759 0.0128341 0.181983
GE.DAG.BHZ. 2023-03-21T01:55:53.31 10.0 positive automatic P 12 75.2996 -2.64221 0.211525
PM.PESTR.BHZ. 2023-03-21T01:55:46.19 10.0 positive automatic P 52 73.6939 -0.500167 0.233226
LX.MORF.BHZ. 2023-03-21T01:55:42.11 10.0 negative automatic P 54 72.8314 0.485891 0.248274
DK.SCO.BHZ. 2023-03-21T01:55:34.80 10.0 positive automatic P 18 72.0266 -1.94185 0.251316
US.EGAK.BHZ.00 2023-03-21T01:55:10.00 10.0 negative automatic P 337 67.7556 -0.539019 0.304274
US.HWUT.BHZ.00 2023-03-21T01:53:53.83 10.0 negative automatic PcP 328 40.1236 0.720857 0
US.ISCO.BHZ.00 2023-03-21T01:53:40.93 10.0 negative automatic PcP 331 35.7892 1.03607 0
C1.LL02.BHZ. 2023-03-21T01:53:37.63 10.0 positive automatic P 169 53.8712 1.50955 0.459936
C1.LL01.BHZ. 2023-03-21T01:53:29.05 10.0 negative automatic P 169 52.9802 -0.476105 0.488848
GT.PLCA.BHZ.00 2023-03-21T01:53:16.98 10.0 negative automatic P 167 51.7812 -3.82861 0.537371
C.GO06.BHZ. 2023-03-21T01:53:12.25 10.0 positive automatic P 167 50.4777 1.19607 0.521639
US.WVOR.BHZ.00 2023-03-21T01:52:24.58 10.0 negative automatic P 324 44.6099 -0.929086 0.661037
US.HLID.BHZ.00 2023-03-21T01:52:14.15 10.0 positive automatic P 328 42.9900 1.58951 0.690745
US.AGMN.BHZ.00 2023-03-21T01:51:44.90 10.0 negative automatic P 348 40.0243 -3.11164 0.755819
US.ECSD.BHZ.00 2023-03-21T01:51:10.00 10.0 negative automatic P 345 35.8974 -3.23239 0.756454
US.SDCO.BHZ.00 2023-03-21T01:51:01.03 10.0 negative automatic P 329 34.1325 2.64159 0.834903
US.JFWS.BHZ.00 2023-03-21T01:50:52.78 10.0 positive automatic P 352 33.8378 -2.66033 0.795119
IU.ANMO.BHZ.00 2023-03-21T01:50:44.15 10.0 positive automatic P 325 32.5549 -0.354722 0.8668
IU.SSPA.BHZ.00 2023-03-21T01:50:36.10 10.0 negative automatic P 9 31.6548 -0.242487 0.885265
GT.LPAZ.BHZ.00 2023-03-21T01:50:27.23 10.0 positive automatic P 148 30.3048 2.01142 0.86369
US.ACSO.BHZ.00 2023-03-21T01:50:27.65 10.0 negative automatic P 2 30.7657 -0.856257 0.854581
IU.CCM.BHZ.00 2023-03-21T01:50:13.10 10.0 negative automatic P 349 29.2559 -2.04489 0.963855
IU.WVT.BHZ.00 2023-03-21T01:49:51.85 10.0 negative automatic P 354 26.8422 -1.74544 0.952381
US.MIAR.BHZ.00 2023-03-21T01:49:49.43 10.0 positive automatic P 343 26.4770 -0.87809 0.952381
US.JCT.BHZ.00 2023-03-21T01:49:46.23 10.0 positive automatic pP 328 25.5156 -4.92733 0
US.GOGA.BHZ.00 2023-03-21T01:49:26.68 10.0 positive automatic P 2 23.9356 -0.533563 0.930233
US.LRAL.BHZ.00 2023-03-21T01:49:24.73 10.0 positive automatic P 354 23.6905 -0.246446 0.963855
IU.SJG.BHZ.00 2023-03-21T01:48:41.65 10.0 positive automatic P 62 19.5495 0.553615 0.909091
MX.TLIG.BHZ. 2023-03-21T01:48:02.64 10.0 negative automatic P 302 16.0865 2.58925 0.888889
CU.SDDR.BHZ.00 2023-03-21T01:47:57.70 10.0 positive automatic P 51 15.7273 2.35781 0.610687
CU.GTBY.BHZ.00 2023-03-21T01:47:31.37 10.0 positive automatic P 39 13.6651 3.67245 0.909091
IU.SDV.BHZ.00 2023-03-21T01:47:23.60 10.0 positive automatic P 91 13.4449 -1.36232 0.43956
IU.TEIG.BHZ.00 2023-03-21T01:47:01.97 10.0 positive automatic P 341 11.4244 4.88824 0.43956
MX.CCIG.BHZ. 2023-03-21T01:46:43.77 10.0 positive automatic P 312 10.2634 2.29734 0.43956
GE.BOAB.BHZ. 2023-03-21T01:45:06.20 10.0 positive automatic P 335 3.2773 0.824289 0.97561
II.JTS.BHZ.00 2023-03-21T01:44:35.02 10.0 negative automatic P 319 1.0676 0.0386393 0.97561
G.HDC.BHZ.00 2023-03-21T01:44:27.45 10.0 negative automatic P 14 0.5325 0.0348668 0.97561
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