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Witness location : Puerto Armuelles (Panama) (21 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 406 min

Bastante fuerte. Un poco difícil para caminar. Replicas contínuas alrededor de 7. Objetos caidos.

Witness location : Puerto Armuelles (Panama) (23 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3408 min

Caused some minor damage, mostly things falling off of shelves. Many aftershocks. After the previous larger ones this year, the buildings that were not structurally sound have been taken down.

Witness location : Puerto Armuelles (Panama) (24 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

Lasted a lot longer than the last quake. Very scary.

Witness location : La Concepción (Panama) (28 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Head board was hitting the wall which is what woke me up. Thought it was a happy dream!

Witness location : San Pablo Viejo (Panama) (34 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Seemed like it lasted longer and was stronger than the last few.

Witness location : David (Panama) (35 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 45 min

Duración aproximada de 20 s con mucho movimiento oscilante. No sé observó caída de objetos a pesar del gran movimiento.

Witness location : David (Panama) (37 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 61 min

Muy fuerte, como de un minuto

Witness location : Volcán (Panama) (40 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Strong quake

Witness location : Los Naranjos (Panama) (53 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Long hard shaking

Witness location : Puerto Jimenez (Costa Rica) (59 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 232 min

Very strong woke me up! Trees were moving birds flying lost power till 3 am

Witness location : Almirante (Panama) (104 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12895 min

It lasted longer than usual. I heard the noise getting closer and the house making noises along with everything else. It was scary!

Witness location : Tierra Oscura (Panama) (107 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

This earthquake was rolling and lasted several minutes. Our home is on stilts over the water in a mangrove and the windows were rattling.

Witness location : (Panama) (116 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Shook double story house for about a mi minute. No damages

Witness location : Bastimentos (Panama) (118 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 41 min

It woke me out of my sleep.  I thought someone was shaking my bed

Witness location : Puerto Cortes (Costa Rica) (120 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 492 min

It woke me up.

Witness location : Limon (Costa Rica) (132 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

It shook the house, very strong. I woke up suddenly about t minutes before it happened. I held on to my daughter

Witness location : Quepos (Costa Rica) (186 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

It was a rolling earthquake. Ceiling fans swiveled back and forth, and the shifting walls made that uncomfortable and familiar ominous sound like the California earthquakes I’ve experienced. You pray it doesn’t intensify, and that it stops very soon. Nothing fell off shelves or broke. Felt like it was 5 to 7 seconds or so.

Witness location : Dulce Nombre (Costa Rica) (196 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Started like riding a train but then it went to rocking side to side and I had a few things topple and all the animals went for cover (cats and dogs)

Witness location : Occidental (Costa Rica) (201 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Muy fuerte

Witness location : Concepcion (Costa Rica) (212 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

Leve los 10 primeros segundos pues fuerte durante 2 segundos

Witness location : Curridabat (Costa Rica) (213 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Curridabat fuerte y largo

Witness location : San José (Costa Rica) (213 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

It felt very strong

Witness location : San José (Costa Rica) (215 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Largo y fuerte

Witness location : San José (Costa Rica) (215 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 45 min

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Witness location : San Isidro (Costa Rica) (216 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Muy fuerte y largo, oscilante

Witness location : San Pedro (Costa Rica) (217 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

You thought it was over because it got lighter the shaking but it picked up again then finished. Car alarms went off.

Witness location : San José (Costa Rica) (217 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Fuerte en San José. No hay caída de objetos

Witness location : San José (Costa Rica) (218 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1533 min

Suave al principio como 10 segundos, luego muy fuerte.

Witness location : San Jose (Costa Rica) (218 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

6,4

Witness location : San Jose (Costa Rica) (218 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Fue largo y se sintió lento y progresivamente subió intensidad

Witness location : San Jose (Costa Rica) (218 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

De moderado a fuerte

Witness location : Calle Blancos (Costa Rica) (219 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Very stong and long earthquake

Witness location : San Rafael (Costa Rica) (221 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 37 min

It felt horrible, cause we were sleeping almost at midnight, even we are 230 miles away from the center of the quake, and it felt so hard and for a too long time...

Witness location : Pavas (Costa Rica) (224 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 44 min

Woke me up felt more like a 7

Witness location : (Costa Rica) (225 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 30 min

Was light shakes at the begining. Then 4-5 seconds break. Then stronger wave for 3-4 seconds shaking.

Witness location : Heredia (Costa Rica) (226 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 54 min

Strong and long

Witness location : San Rafael (Costa Rica) (227 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Long and strong earthquake.

Witness location : Mercedes (Costa Rica) (228 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Fuerte

Witness location : San Rafael (Costa Rica) (231 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Largos movimientos de lado a lado. Sin golpes.

Witness location : San Rafael (Costa Rica) (231 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Movimientos largos de lado. Sin golpes. Empezó suave. Luego uno fuerte y fue bajando.

Witness location : Guacima (Costa Rica) (234 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

It awakened my wife

Witness location : (Costa Rica) (236 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Se sintió muy fuerte

Witness location : San Jose (Costa Rica) (245 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22590 min

Grecia, provincia Alajuela, Costa RicaLargo y fuerteSaludos Ruth

Witness location : Sarchi Norte (Costa Rica) (251 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Felt it strong in Sarchi, Costa Rica.

Witness location : Sarchi Norte (Costa Rica) (251 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Fue fuerte

Witness location : Puerto Viejo (Costa Rica) (260 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

Nope.. To far away.

Witness location : Uvita (Costa Rica) (329 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 44 min

It lasted about 2 seconds, it felt like the house was on waterbed. I heard the house creaking for a brief time.