Costa Rica: Six Quake In Less Than 12 Hours

The last 12 hours was very moving as Costa Rica shook at least six times in the late hours of Tuesday and early hours of this morning, Wednesday.



The first tremor was recorded at 9.15pm Tuesday some 82 km west of Bahia Ballena, with a magnitude of 3.8 on the Richter scale/

At 9:48pm the ground shook in Lebanon in Tilarán, also with a magnitude of 3.8

At 12:32am, a 3.8 shook the area of Pavon in Golfito.

Fourteen minutes later the ground trembled again in Lebanon, this time registering 3.3.

This morning, two tremors were recorded in La Cruz, Guanacaste, the first a 2.9, the second a 3.3.

The Laboratorio de Ingeniería Sísmica de la Universidad de Costa Rica and the Observatorio Sismológico y Vulcanológico de Costa Rica (OVSICORI) monitor and report seismic activities in the country.