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Magnitude	4.4
Region	PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION
Date time	2026-10-12 18:27:59.0 UTC
Location	9.052 ; -82.405
Depth	10 km
Distance	209 km ESE of San José, Costa Rica / pop: 335,000 / local time: 12:27:59.0 2026-10-12 28 km S of Almirante, Panama / pop: 8,700 / local time: 13:27:59.0 2026-10-12

Source parameters provided by:

Instituto de investigacion observatorio valcanologico y sismologico, Heredia, Costa Rica -- Heredia, Costa Rica (UNA)

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All data providers for this event:

Universidad de Panama -- Panama, Panama (IGC)
Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales -- Managua, Nicaragua (INET)
Instituto de investigacion observatorio valcanologico y sismologico, Heredia, Costa Rica -- Heredia, Costa Rica (UNA)

Further information can be found at:

GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) -- Potsdam, Germany (GFZ)
Escuela Politecnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador -- Quito, Ecuador (QUI)
Instituto de investigacion observatorio valcanologico y sismologico, Heredia, Costa Rica -- Heredia, Costa Rica (UNA)
Universidad de Panama -- Panama, Panama (IGC)
National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC)
Seccion de Sismologia, Univ. de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica -- San Jose, Costa Rica (UCR)