M 5.7 in Costa Rica on 10 Jun 2021 23:27 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 8.961 , -85.423
Event Date: 10 Jun 2021 23:27 UTC
10 Jun 2021 17:27 Local
Exposed Population: About 14000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us7000ebw8
Inserted at: 11 Jun 2021 01:11 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 2.7 (Costa Rica)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000ebw8 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1379934 0 10 Jun 2021 23:27 5.6M, 10km 3.96 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:21 NEIC
1379956 0 10 Jun 2021 23:27 5.7M, 10km 4.01 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 01:44 NEIC
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Costa Rica ,of Puntarenas (population 8,167) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1379934 8.993/-85.398 5.6 10.0 3.879 10 Jun 2021 23:49 00:22 (new episode)
2 0 1379934 8.993/-85.398 5.6 10.0 3.965 11 Jun 2021 00:35 01:08 (upd of #1)
3 0 1379956 8.961/-85.423 5.7 10.0 4.01 11 Jun 2021 01:31 02:04 (new episode)
4 0 1379956 8.961/-85.423 5.7 10.0 4.009 11 Jun 2021 23:30 1d 00:03 (upd of #3)
5 0 1379956 8.961/-85.423 5.7 10.0 4.009 12 Jun 2021 00:05 1d 00:38 (upd of #4)
6 0 1379956 8.961/-85.423 5.7 10.0 4.009 12 Jun 2021 01:06 1d 01:38 (upd of #5)
7 0 1379956 8.962/-85.421 5.7 10.0 4.01 13 Jun 2021 02:59 2d 03:32 (upd of #6)
8 0 1379956 8.962/-85.421 5.7 10.0 4.01 13 Jun 2021 04:00 2d 04:33 (upd of #7)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Puntarenas Costa Rica 8200 people
Guanacaste Costa Rica 1300 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Carmen Puntarenas Costa Rica Village - 80 km
Cabuya Puntarenas Costa Rica Village - 80 km
Santiago Puntarenas Costa Rica Village - 82 km
Manzanillo Puntarenas Costa Rica Village - 85 km
Moctezuma Puntarenas Costa Rica Village - 85 km
Cóbano Puntarenas Costa Rica Village - 88 km
Tambor Puntarenas Costa Rica Village - 94 km
San Francisco Guanacaste Costa Rica Village - 95 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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