Comments on: Strong 6.4 magnitude earthquake in Nicaragua felt throughout Costa Rica https://www.insidecostarica.com/2014/03/03/strong-6-4-magnitude-earthquake-nicaragua-felt-throughout-costa-rica/ Costa Rica's Leading English Language News Source Tue, 28 Oct 2025 04:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.2 By: Derryl Hermanutzhttps://www.insidecostarica.com/2014/03/03/strong-6-4-magnitude-earthquake-nicaragua-felt-throughout-costa-rica/#comment-7083 Derryl Hermanutz Mon, 03 Mar 2014 20:10:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=13869#comment-7083 Thanks for doing that seismology research, Timothy!

]]> By: Timothy Williamshttps://www.insidecostarica.com/2014/03/03/strong-6-4-magnitude-earthquake-nicaragua-felt-throughout-costa-rica/#comment-7080 Timothy Williams Mon, 03 Mar 2014 19:55:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=13869#comment-7080 Interesting question so I had to check it out.

Seems that 3 to 4 minutes would be about right. Seismic waves travel between 2km and 8km/sec in the Earth’s crust it seems. Jaco is about 550km from the epicenter. So on the slower side, (2km/sec) it could take up to 275 seconds, or about four and a half minutes to reach you.

]]> By: Derryl Hermanutzhttps://www.insidecostarica.com/2014/03/03/strong-6-4-magnitude-earthquake-nicaragua-felt-throughout-costa-rica/#comment-7078 Derryl Hermanutz Mon, 03 Mar 2014 19:48:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=13869#comment-7078 I felt that Nicaragua quake here in Jaco, at 3:40 or 3:41 a.m., 3 or 4 minutes after the stated time of 3:47 a.m. Could it take that long for the waves to reach here? It was a strong rocker, strong enough to rattle stuff on the shelves. I was sure it was close and shallow and at least a 5.0, but it turns out it was far away and deep and a 6.4.

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