Past earthquakes in or near Costa Rica: 2020 - list, stats and map

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In 2020, Costa Rica has had 1,925 quakes of magnitudes up to 6.0:

1 quake above magnitude 6
8 quakes between magnitude 5 and 6
140 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
1,162 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
607 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
7 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.

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Strongest: Mag. 6.0 Earthquake 12 Km Al Suroeste De Jaco, Garabito. (Costa Rica) -

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Showing quakes magnitude 4.1 or higher, within up to 300 km (186 mi) distance (222 out of 1,925 quakes, show more):

Past earthquakes in or near Costa Rica: 2020 - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Nearest Volcano	Location	Details
Dec 30, 2020 01:53 am (Costa Rica)	4.2 24 km		Costa Rica	Info
Tuesday, December 29, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 28, 2020 09:54 pm (Panama)	4.1 10 km	288 km (179 mi) to the SE	PANAMA 37 reports	Info
Monday, December 28, 2020 GMT (2 quakes)
Dec 28, 2020 11:12 am (Costa Rica)	4.2 59 km		37 Km Al Norte De Chacarita, Costa Rica	Info
Dec 27, 2020 10:53 pm (Costa Rica)	4.2 6 km	17 km (10.6 mi) to the SW	- 20 km SSW of Jacó, Costa Rica 7 reports	Info
Saturday, December 26, 2020 GMT (2 quakes)
Dec 26, 2020 04:26 am (GMT -6)	4.4 10 km	220 km (137 mi) to the S	SOUTH OF PANAMA	Info
Dec 25, 2020 08:08 pm (Costa Rica)	4.2 28 km	4 km (2.5 mi) to the SE	9 Km Al Oeste De Golfito, Puntarenas., Costa Rica 4 reports	Info
Wednesday, December 23, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 23, 2020 04:21 am (GMT -6)	4.6 33 km	69 km (43 mi) to the NW	- 69 km WSW of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua	Info
Friday, December 18, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 18, 2020 07:08 am (Panama)	4.6 10 km	145 km (90 mi) to the SE	North Pacific Ocean, 48 km southwest of Sona, Soná, Veraguas, Panama 2 reports	Info
Wednesday, December 16, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 16, 2020 03:23 pm (Panama)	4.3 5 km	291 km (181 mi) to the SE	1.5 km south of Bucaro, Los Santos, Panama 1 report	Info
Saturday, December 12, 2020 GMT (2 quakes)
Dec 12, 2020 11:23 am (GMT -6)	4.6 35 km	295 km (183 mi) to the NW	North Pacific Ocean, 96 km west of Chinandega, Nicaragua	Info
Dec 12, 2020 04:34 am (Managua)	4.5 163 km	135 km (84 mi) to the NW	16 km southwest of Ciudad Sandino, Managua, Nicaragua	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 2.5 x 10¹⁴ joules (69.7 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 59954 tons of TNT or 3.7 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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