M 5.5 in Costa Rica on 21 Mar 2023 01:44 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 1365901
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: 9.3599 , -84.0943
Event Date: 21 Mar 2023 01:44 UTC
20 Mar 2023 19:44 Local
Exposed Population: 40 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 21 Mar 2023 02:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.7 (Costa Rica)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000jlkb Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 25 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Terremoto 9 novembre, Biancani: "Ci sono novità sul riconoscimento del ... 2023-03-24T20:08+0100.

2' di lettura Vivere Marche 24/03/2023 - "Ci sono novità sul riconoscimento dello stato d'emergenza per il terremoto?". E' il quesito che pone il Vicepresidente del Consiglio regionale Andrea Biancani (Pd) ad oltre quattro mesi dal sisma ch
...(more)
Terremoto: a Senigallia Diocesi 'sposta' cattedrale danneggiata2023-03-24T18:38+0100.

(ANSA) - SENIGALLIA, 24 MAR - A quasi cinque mesi dal terremoto a largo della costa adriatica, rimane ancora chiusa la cattedrale di Senigallia (Ancona). Si protraggono infatti le complesse verifiche sui danni provocati nei vari edifici di
...(more)
Terremoto in Croazia, scossa sulla costa settentrionale | DATI e MAPPE2023-03-24T15:36+0100.

Terremoto in Croazia: mappe e dati ufficiali dell'Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia. Scossa di terremoto oggi sulla costa settentrionale della Croazia . L’INGV segnala un sisma magnitudo ML 3.0 avvenuto alle 14:45:43 ad una
...(more)
THIRD EARTHQUAKE HITS VEGA BAJA.2023-03-24T09:09+0100.

An earthquake of the magnitude of 3.1 hit Torrevieja and the surrounding areas just prior to midnight on March 23. “The first data on the earthquake that occurred at 11.48pm, the IGN calculates that it has been of magnitude 3.0, with an epi
...(more)

View more news

Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),