Just 17 minutes ago, a 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck near San Isidro, Pérez Zeledón, Provincia de San Jose, Costa Rica. The tremor was recorded early evening on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026, at 7:55 pm local time, at a moderately shallow depth of 43.80 km below the surface.The event was filed by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the first seismological agency to report it.Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 4.8 as well.Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter. Weak shaking might have been felt in Puerto Cortes (pop. 3,900) located 40 km from the epicenter, Golfito (pop. 6,800) 42 km away, Corredor (pop. 7,100) 61 km away, San Vito (pop. 4,000) 63 km away, Buenos Aires (pop. 11,700) 66 km away, and Canoas (pop. 4,600) 73 km away.Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include San Isidro (pop. 34,900) located 88 km from the epicenter, and La Concepcion (pop. 17,700) 96 km away.VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.Earthquake data: Date & time: Jun 3, 2026 07:55 pm (Costa Rica time) local time (4 Jun 2026 01:55 GMT)Magnitude: 4.8Depth: 43.80 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 8.6°N / 83.5°W (Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica)Primary data source: GFZ