Three Earthquakes In Six Hours Thursday

The Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica (OVSICORI) reported three earthquakes in Costa Rica between late afternoon and Thursday night.



The first tremor was felt at 5:05pm, a magnitude of 3.7 degrees on the Richter scale, the epicentre located 8 km east of Las Juntas de Abangares in Alajuela, with a depth of 68.7 kilometres.

According to OVSICORI the quake was felt only in San Ramon, Heredia and Miramar.

At 10:27pm the earth shook again, this time registering 4.6 degrees. This quake was located 85 kilometres northwest of Playa Grande de Carrillo in Guanacaste. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported the same quake as a 4.9 off the coast of Nicaragua.

Within minutes another tremor was registered, this a 2.6. The epicentre was located 1 km southeast of Pozo Azul de Sarapiquí, at a depth of 29 km.

For all three events, there was no report of damage to property or persons affected.