Recent earthquakes from Costa Rica’s National Seismological Network
A rolling window of approximately 15 days from RSN UCR–ICE, with UTC date, location, depth, magnitude and review status. Includes events near Costa Rica and is replaced when refreshed; this is not a complete historical archive. This feed does not publish magnitude scale, felt intensity or damage.
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Costa Rica: recent RSN catalog earthquakes by UTC day
RSN UCR–ICE rolling window of approximately 15 days, including nearby areas. Boundary days may be incomplete. Event counts, not intensity or damage.
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Sep 2026 accounts for 10.7% of the displayed total (11). Together with Oct 2026, the top two categories make up 20.4%.
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103 records
| Earthquake date and time (UTC) | Reference location | Magnitude | Depth (km) | Report status | Latitude | Longitude | Earthquake identifier | Inspect record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 07, 2026, 17:47:48 UTC | 18 km al Sur de Quepos | 2.5 | 19.4 | reviewed | 9.266 | -84.159 | 27366 | |
| Oct 07, 2026, 17:31:18 UTC | 39 km al Sur de Dominical, Osa | 4.3 | 21.5 | reviewed | 8.94 | -84.008 | 27365 | |
| Oct 07, 2026, 12:28:40 UTC | 8 km al Noreste de Cascajal, V. de Coronado | 2.6 | 7.2 | reviewed | 10.038 | -83.939 | 27357 | |
| Oct 07, 2026, 11:41:01 UTC | 5 km al Oeste de Atenas, Alajuela | 2.8 | 57.2 | reviewed | 9.986 | -84.423 | 27364 | |
| Oct 07, 2026, 11:15:01 UTC | 14 km al Oeste de San Vito, Coto Brus | 2.5 | 26.8 | reviewed | 8.837 | -83.096 | 27363 | |
| Oct 07, 2026, 06:09:17 UTC | 53 km al Oeste de Drake, Osa | 2.8 | 25.9 | reviewed | 8.755 | -84.129 | 27362 | |
| Oct 07, 2026, 05:00:11 UTC | 1 km al Noreste de Frailes, Desamparados | 2.3 | 10.7 | reviewed | 9.758 | -84.052 | 27361 | |
| Oct 07, 2026, 04:57:39 UTC | 10 km al Este de Copey de Dota | 2.7 | 81.7 | reviewed | 9.669 | -83.753 | 27360 | |
| Oct 07, 2026, 04:34:16 UTC | 11 km al Este de Los Chiles, Alajuela | 2.7 | 8.3 | reviewed | 11.029 | -84.613 | 27359 | |
| Oct 07, 2026, 03:59:23 UTC | 14 km al Este de Puerto Armuelles, Panama | 3.3 | 24.4 | reviewed | 8.326 | -82.805 | 27358 | |
| Oct 06, 2026, 23:14:53 UTC | 15 km al Oeste de San Isidro de El General | 2.8 | 26.1 | reviewed | 9.446 | -83.822 | 27356 | |
| Oct 06, 2026, 22:12:12 UTC | 7 km al Noreste de Cascajal, V. de Coronado | 3.1 | 6 | reviewed | 10.042 | -83.951 | 27355 | |
| Oct 06, 2026, 19:45:14 UTC | 12 km al Este de Piedras Blancas, Osa | 2.8 | 56.3 | reviewed | 8.794 | -83.135 | 27354 | |
| Oct 06, 2026, 16:10:25 UTC | 14 km al Sur de Piedras Blancas, Osa | 3.8 | 23.1 | reviewed | 8.674 | -83.301 | 27353 | |
| Oct 06, 2026, 16:03:19 UTC | 102 km al Oeste de San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua | 4.3 | 6.9 | reviewed | 10.818 | -86.682 | 27352 | |
| Oct 06, 2026, 10:57:36 UTC | 7 km al Sur de San Lorenzo de Tarrazu | 2.5 | 54 | reviewed | 9.58 | -84.018 | 27351 | |
| Oct 06, 2026, 06:25:53 UTC | 10 km al Sur de San Lorenzo de Tarrazu | 2.9 | 35.9 | reviewed | 9.55 | -84.01 | 27350 | |
| Oct 06, 2026, 05:07:57 UTC | 22 km al Este de Limon | 2.3 | 5.9 | reviewed | 10.018 | -82.825 | 27349 | |
| Oct 06, 2026, 00:31:50 UTC | 9 km al Norte de Fortuna, San Carlos | 2.6 | 5.7 | reviewed | 10.553 | -84.623 | 27348 | |
| Oct 05, 2026, 19:11:35 UTC | 17 km al Oeste de Aguas Claras, Upala | 3.2 | 3 | reviewed | 10.84 | -85.323 | 27347 | |
| Oct 05, 2026, 11:45:36 UTC | 12 km al Este de Arancibia, Puntarenas | 2.6 | 69.1 | reviewed | 10.177 | -84.618 | 27346 | |
| Oct 05, 2026, 09:05:02 UTC | 10 km al Oeste de Cote, Guatuso | 2.6 | 5.2 | reviewed | 10.61 | -84.938 | 27345 | |
| Oct 05, 2026, 08:04:43 UTC | 85 km al Suroeste de Managua, Nicaragua | 3.7 | 32.6 | reviewed | 11.548 | -86.759 | 27344 | |
| Oct 05, 2026, 07:07:51 UTC | 4 km al Oeste de Agua Buena, Coto Brus | 2.4 | 24.1 | reviewed | 8.741 | -82.98 | 27343 | |
| Oct 05, 2026, 05:18:53 UTC | 8 km al Sur de Quepos | 2.5 | 37 | reviewed | 9.364 | -84.147 | 27342 |
Schema
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
Catalog jurisdictioncountry | Text | Catalog jurisdiction; does not assert that the epicenter lies inside this country. |
Datasetdataset_id | Text | |
Earthquake identifierevent_id | Text | |
Source event dateevent_date | Date | Calendar date in the explicitly stated time basis. |
Yearyear | Integer | |
Periodperiod | Text | Calendar month YYYY-MM in the same time basis as event_date. |
Earthquake date and time (UTC)event_time_utc | Date and time | May be empty. |
Source date and timesource_time | Text | Original source date and time. |
Calendar time zonetime_basis | Text | Time zone used for event_date and calendar grouping. |
Latitudelatitude | Number | |
Longitudelongitude | Number | |
Depth (km)depth_km | Number | |
Magnitudemagnitude | Number | Published magnitude estimate. Never sum magnitudes; compare magnitude types and source coverage first. |
Magnitude scalemagnitude_type | Text | Published scale, when provided. Missing is unknown, not automatically Richter or Mw. |
Reference locationlocation_name | Text | Published reference location, not a reverse-geocoded country boundary. |
Seismic zoneseismic_zone | Text | May be empty. |
Reported as feltfelt_reported | Boolean | Reported felt by people; false is not proof that nobody felt the event. |
Maximum reported intensitymax_intensity | Number | Maximum reported intensity in the named intensity scale; not building damage. |
Intensity scaleintensity_scale | Text | May be empty. |
Felt reportsfelt_report_count | Integer | May be empty. |
Community intensity (CDI)community_intensity | Number | USGS community decimal intensity (CDI), when available. |
Estimated instrumental intensity (MMI)shaking_intensity | Number | USGS estimated maximum instrumental intensity (MMI), when available. |
Estimated impact (PAGER)pager_alert | Text | USGS estimated impact category, not confirmed casualties or damage. |
USGS significance scoresignificance | Integer | USGS significance score, not magnitude or damage. |
Source tsunami flag (not a warning)tsunami_flag | Boolean | USGS source flag; not an active tsunami warning or confirmation of a tsunami. |
Source update timesource_updated_at | Date and time | May be empty. |
Report statusreport_status | Text | May be empty. |
Seismic stationsstation_count | Integer | May be empty. |
Source linksource_url | Text | |
Source filesource_file | Text |