M 5.7 in Costa Rica on 15 Apr 2026 06:56 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1535489
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 20 Km
Lat/Lon: 9.9151 , -86.3803
Event Date: 15 Apr 2026 06:56 UTC
15 Apr 2026 00:56 Local
Exposed Population: 170 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 15 Apr 2026 07:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Costa Rica)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000sq5z Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Magnitude 5.93 earthquake strikes off Costa Rica coast 4/16/2026 10:07:00 AM.

SAN JOSE, 15th April, 2026 (WAM) -- An earthquake of magnitude 5.93 struck off the coast of Costa Rica early on Wednesday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake hit at 06:56 GMT at a depth of 18 kilometres, GFZ ad
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Seismic-like event, possible earthquake, reported few minutes ago near.. 4/15/2026 4:40:00 PM.

By Zoila Palma: Early today, an earthquake of magnitude 5.93 struck off the coast of Costa Rica ?early, the German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The quake hit ?at a depth of ?18 km (11.18 miles), the centre said. In the province of
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Earthquake of magnitude 5.93 strikes off coast of Costa Rica, GFZ says.. 4/15/2026 1:01:00 PM.

April 15 (Reuters) – An earthquake ?of ?magnitude 5.93 struck off ?the ?coast ?of Costa ?Rica early on Wednesday, the ?German ?Research ?Centre for ?Geosciences ?said. The quake hit ?at 0656 GMT ?at a depth of ?18 km (11.18 ?miles), ?GFZ ?s
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Earthquake of magnitude 5.93 strikes off coast of Costa Rica, GFZ says.. 4/15/2026 1:00:00 PM.

April 15 (Reuters) – An earthquake ?of ?magnitude 5.93 struck off ?the ?coast ?of Costa ?Rica early on Wednesday, the ?German ?Research ?Centre for ?Geosciences ?said. The quake hit ?at 0656 GMT ?at a depth of ?18 km (11.18 ?miles), ?GFZ ?s
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),