COSTA RICA 6.1 Earthquake Monday February 13 2012

I hope everyone is okay there.

TextMagnitude 6.1 Date-Time Monday, February 13, 2012 at 10:55:12 UTC Monday, February 13, 2012 at 04:55:12 AM at epicenter Location 9.254°N, 84.008°W Depth 33.6 km (20.9 miles) Region COSTA RICA Distances 81 km (50 miles) S (175°) from SAN JOSE, Costa Rica 137 km (85 miles) SW (233°) from Limon, Costa Rica 193 km (120 miles) W (268°) from Bocas del Toro, Panama Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 15.8 km (9.8 miles); depth +/- 5.5 km (3.4 miles) Parameters NST=447, Nph=452, Dmin=83.5 km, Rmss=1.49 sec, Gp= 43°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9 Source Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Event ID usb0007ztb

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I hope this is not a foreshock.

reply to post by diamondsmith


Hope they are ok, nothing new though, just another day on Earth innit?

Originally posted by tigermountain
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Hope they are ok, nothing new though, just another day on Earth innit?

My worry is for the next one in the area if this is a foreshock.

How come every time a medium sized earthquake hits someone calls "foreshock"

Originally posted by MJZoo
How come every time a medium sized earthquake hits someone calls "foreshock"

This is not a medium sized earthquake(teleseismic moment magnitude) and that area is a very active one.

it was 5.8 , estimated to be higher but turned out less than 6

Originally posted by ZeroUnlmtd
it was 5.8 , estimated to be higher but turned out less than 6

even a 5.8 can cause extensive damage to buildings and such... but i hope it did not ..

The Geysers wow nobody is talking about the 4.3 in N. California and where it is, wow
Not enough earth shaking doom in it for ya? Think again!!!

Originally posted by alysha.angel

Originally posted by ZeroUnlmtd
it was 5.8 , estimated to be higher but turned out less than 6

even a 5.8 can cause extensive damage to buildings and such... but i hope it did not ..

Yes you are right could cause extended damage,but fortunately this one was offshore and the depth was in in line with the magnitude ,as as not to cause tsunami or to be hardly felt inland.