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Magnitude5.6
RegionOFF COAST OF COSTA RICA
Date time2026-09-30 21:55:26.1 UTC
Location9.753 ; -86.506
Depth8 km
Distance251 km S of Masaya, Nicaragua / pop: 130,000 / local time: 15:55:26.1 2026-09-30
116 km SW of Santa Cruz, Costa Rica / pop: 12,200 / local time: 15:55:26.1 2026-09-30
Source parameters provided by:

National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC)
All data providers for this event:
Geoscience Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia -- Canberra, Australia (AUST)
British Geological Survey -- Edinburgh, United Kingdom (BGS)
Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi dan Geofisika -- Jakarta, Indonesia (BMKG)
GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) -- Potsdam, Germany (GFZ)
Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences -- Obninsk, Russia (GSRAS)
Universidad de Panama -- Panama, Panama (IGC)
Instituto Portugues do Mar e da Atmosfera -- Lisbon, Portugal (IPMA)
Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales -- Managua, Nicaragua (INET)
Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia -- Rome, Italy (INGV) -- DOI: https://terremoti.ingv.it/en/iside
Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute -- Istanbul, Türkiye (KOERI)
National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC)
EMSC -- Arpajon, France (SC4)
Seccion de Sismologia, Univ. de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica -- San Jose, Costa Rica (UCR)
Further information can be found at:
Seccion de Sismologia, Univ. de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica -- San Jose, Costa Rica (UCR)
National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC)
Escuela Politecnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador -- Quito, Ecuador (QUI)
GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) -- Potsdam, Germany (GFZ)
Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales -- Managua, Nicaragua (INET)
Instituto de investigacion observatorio valcanologico y sismologico, Heredia, Costa Rica -- Heredia, Costa Rica (UNA)