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Witness location : Quepos (Costa Rica) (1 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

Strong quake no damage

Witness location : Quepos (Costa Rica) (1 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Felt in Manuel Antonio

Witness location : Quepos (Costa Rica) (1 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

That was a hard one

Witness location : Daniel Flores (Costa Rica) (43 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Most intense earthquake ive ever felt in Costa Rica

Witness location : Aserrí (Costa Rica) (51 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Inicio lento y se fue fortaleciendo, sensación de estremecimiento, fue bajando de fuerza

Witness location : Daniel Flores (Costa Rica) (53 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Largest i have felt in Costa Rica in the last 10 years

Witness location : Mercedes (Costa Rica) (55 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 111 min

I felt in Uvita , my tree house swinging

Witness location : Mercedes (Costa Rica) (55 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

That was a big one! Scared of me and my dog and knocked down some stuff in my house.

Witness location : Cartago (Costa Rica) (56 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Larga duración

Witness location : Paraíso (Costa Rica) (56 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Fair bit of movement that lasted just under a minute. Had the dogs and cats upset

Witness location : Jacó (Costa Rica) (57 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

Shaking for about 10 seconds

Witness location : Santa Ana (Costa Rica) (57 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Fuerte y largo!

Witness location : San Rafael (Costa Rica) (58 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Strong and long

Witness location : Daniel Flores (Costa Rica) (58 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

I already reported, but it wasn't on the map yet.  We're in Peñas Blancas de Pérez Zeledón.  It was short, but rocked the house pretty good.  Came in two short waves & knocked stuff off a shelf on the second wave.

Witness location : Daniel Flores (Costa Rica) (58 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

We're in Peñas Blancas de Pérez Zeledón, it was fairly short with two brief waves close together.  The first shifted the table, the second knocked stuff off the shelf.  Strongest I've ever felt!

Witness location : San José (Costa Rica) (59 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Did not understand at first

Witness location : San Rafael (Costa Rica) (59 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 41 min

en san jose pavas, se sintio largo y fuerte

Witness location : Santa Ana (Costa Rica) (60 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 552 min

On the 3rd floor. Was asleep when it began and the rolling vibrations woke me up. Unsure of duration ans I was asleep when it began. Lasted long enough to happen within my dream, wake me up and ask my son if he was ok. My son was awake in the living room watching a TV mounted to the wall that was moving. Low rumble, no cracking sounds.  No interior damage noted. Too dark to assess exterior.

Witness location : San Antonio (Costa Rica) (61 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

El mas fuerte Que he experimentado. Empezó con vibraciones y después movió como olas.

Witness location : La Asunción (Costa Rica) (61 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

Long, very strong, felt like 6.5 due to 21 km deep

Witness location : La Asunción (Costa Rica) (61 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

Fuerte en San José

Witness location : San Antonio (Costa Rica) (62 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Se sintio fuerte y de Larga duración en San Rafael de Alajuela

Witness location : San Francisco (Costa Rica) (64 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

En Heredia se sintió fuerte

Witness location : Ángeles (Costa Rica) (66 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Laster 30 seconds, very long!

Witness location : Ciudad Cortés (Costa Rica) (68 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Ojochal Costa Rica, significant mouvement and noise... no damage to the house

Witness location : San Josecito (Costa Rica) (68 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Se sintió fuerte y largo en San Rafael de Heredia

Witness location : Desamparados (Costa Rica) (73 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Strongest earthquake I’ve ever felt in my life

Witness location : Ciudad Cortés (Costa Rica) (79 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 32 min

We first felt the tremor while we were sitting down, then we saw the large bay windows of the house vibrating.

Witness location : Naranjo (Costa Rica) (82 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Definitely shook the house on that one

Witness location : Naranjo (Costa Rica) (83 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Se sintió fuerte pero nada grave

Witness location : Ciudad Cortés (Costa Rica) (115 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 279 min

Shaked ca 30 seconds

Witness location : Cahuita (Costa Rica) (155 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Felt like waves rolling through

Witness location : Tilarán (Costa Rica) (155 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Strong sideways jolt followed by side to side rocking.  Glasses jingled and wall hangings moved.

Witness location : Cahuita (Costa Rica) (156 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

It rocked the house and the pool became a wave pool, but no damage. Slow rocking for about 20 seconds.

Witness location : Barranco Adentro (Panama) (160 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Felt in Puerto Viejo, Talamanca - 2nd floor. Unsure how much the building absorbed the force, didn’t experience any power failure.

Witness location : Nicoya (Costa Rica) (161 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 38 min

I felt movement. No damages.

Witness location : Volcán (Panama) (180 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

I felt my house shake. The curtains and pull cords on my lamps

Witness location : Boquete (Panama) (202 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Movimiento suave y después un poquito mas fuerte

Witness location : Bajo Boquete (Panama) (204 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 436 min

Jaramillo Centro, Panama

Witness location : Mague (Panama) (214 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Very long. Rolling shaking. And then really small shaking for quite a while afterwards.

Witness location : David (Panama) (220 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 34 min

was enough to stay in small alert

Witness location : David (Panama) (220 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

feeling movement but yet no damagees