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Witness location : Toro Amarillo (Costa Rica) (12 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 43 min

It woke us up…unsettling and shaking of the house…we are staying at a hotel (El Silencio) and lasted about 5 seconds…looked around outside but it is dark and everything looked fine…

Witness location : San Isidro (Costa Rica) (14 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

200 metros al sur del Liceo Otilio Ulate Blanco, San Isidro de Alajuela. Sentido muy fuerte

Witness location : Grecia (Costa Rica) (20 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

We felt it in a sleep. I awake because the bed was moving under us for a couple of seconds a couple of times and a lamp shade began to resound.

Witness location : Rio Segundo (Costa Rica) (22 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

We woke up with bed shaking

Witness location : San Rafael (Costa Rica) (28 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

Half a minute quake, pretty noticeable in Rohrmoser, San José

Witness location : Santa Ana (Costa Rica) (29 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 282 min

Was sleeping and woke to the bed rocking

Witness location : San José (Costa Rica) (30 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Having an aftershock right now.!

Witness location : San José (Costa Rica) (30 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Significant movement for about 15 seconds. Enough to rouse the neighbourhood. Courtains were moving, bed and other furniture were shaking.

Witness location : Guadalupe (Costa Rica) (31 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Un pequeño socollón y luego oscilación suave por unos segundos. San José, Goicoechea, Guadalupe

Witness location : San Jose (Costa Rica) (32 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Light and steady shaking, but lasting for at least 15sec

Witness location : San Sebastián (Costa Rica) (34 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

The bed started shaking

Witness location : Aserri (Costa Rica) (39 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Se escuchó retumbo antes y después del sismo. Movimiento largo y suave.

Witness location : Fortuna (Costa Rica) (64 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1118 min

Shaking bed and rattling cupboards