June With 15 Earthquakes

On average there was an earthquake every other day during last month, with Costa Rica's Red Sismológica Nacional (National Seismological Network) reporting a total of 15 quakes for the month.

The two strongest earthquakes registered 6.0 and 5.7 on the Richter Scale, occurring on June 3 in Panama some 100 kilometres off Costa Rican shores, but were reported felt in various parts of Costa Rica.

On average Costa Rica has 12 tremors a month.

This month, July, started off with three tremors recorded on Sunday, the first registering 3.4 was located 1 km northeat de Rodeo de Tarrazú de San José at 4:23am, the second a 2.8 in Mango Trito de Nicoya, Guanacaste at 5:39am and the third a 3.1 at 9:35pm, 14 kilometres northeast de Caletas de Garabito de Puntarenas (north of Playa Jacó).

According to the Laboratorio de Ingeniería Sísmica de la Universidad de Costa Cica (UCR) - Earthquake Engineering Laboratory at the University of Costa Rica - the two early morning quakes on Sunday were no reported felt by the population.

Click here for the Earthquakes Automatically Registered  by OVSICORI sensors.