6.1 or 6.2,
Costa Rica Shook
For A Whole
Minute
An earthquake
struck Costa
Rica at 4:16pm
(local time)
with the
epicentre
located 30
kilometres off
the coast of
Quepos. The
quake that
lasted almost a
minute was felt
across the
country.
The OVSICORI
(the
Observatorio
Vulcanológico y
Sismológico de
Costa Rica) say
the quake
registered 6.1
on the Richter
scale on their
instruments,
while the U.S.
Geological
Survey (USGS)
reports a
reading of 6.2.
No matter whom
you choose to
believe, the
ground shook and
it was felt
"very strongly".
Fortunately
there were no
reports of
material damage
or victims.
Reports of power
failures before
and after the
quake was
reported in many
areas, and
though not
related to the
earthquake, the
skies came down
with torrential
rain in the
Central Pacific
coast following
the seismic
activity.
The OVSICORI
reports that the
quake was due to
a subduction of
the Cocos plate
beneath the
Panama
microplate.
The quake was
felt most in the
areas of Quepos,
the Zona sur,
Central Valley
(San José),
Cañas (Guanacaster,
Perez Zeledon,
Cartago,
Puntarenas, Jacó
and Drake Bay.
The exact
location of the
epicentre is
9.2221 latitude
and -84.2406
longitude.
Location of
Thursday's
earthquake
The location
of the last five
earthquakes in
Costa Rica
Images by the
USGS
For more
detailed
information
visit:
The OVSICORI:
http://www.ovsicori.una.ac.cr/#
The USGS:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010wmce.php
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