[5] The epicenter was located off the southeastern coast of Burica Peninsula, close to the Costa Rica–Panama border.

It was felt with III (Weak) to IV (Light) around San Jose, Costa Rica.

Shops in the center of Puerto Armuelles suffered from loss such as fallen merchandise and broken window glass.

[6][1] The observed focal mechanism, strike-slip faulting, the location and the hypocentral depth of 4.2 km are all consistent with movement on the Panama Fracture Zone.

At Puerto Armuelles, the banana dock was badly affected and some houses of wooden or unreinforced masonry construction had to be abandoned, due to either their collapse or the degree of structural damage suffered.