Residents of both Heredia and Alajuela are a bit on edge, after tremors persisted from before dawn until 7 am on Friday. While no major damage or injuries have been…
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5.4 Earthquake Rocks Costa Rica Sunday Night
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2019/11/25A 5.4 magnitude earthquake shook much of the country Sunday night. The tremor originated in Puntarenas, with its epicenter eight kilometers northeast of Arancibia, and was felt through the Central…
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January was An Active Month for Earthquakes in Costa Rica
by admin 2019/02/03January provided lots of tremors in Costa Rica. The strongest recorded was on January 31st, near the Osa Peninsula. It was recorded at a magnitude of 5.4. The subduction of…
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World News – From analyzing pulses in Earth’s magnetic field to detecting pressure waves in the ground, scientists have long sought a reliable means of predicting earthquakes — only to meet…
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Costa Rica Earthquake Causes 2 To Die Of Heart Attacks
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2017/11/13Costa Rica News – If you were watching Facebook last night and had friends in Costa Rica, they most likely put the words “Temblor” on their Facebook feed.
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A Seismological Study of Costa Rica
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2015/02/22Costa Rica News – Earthquakes are overly common in Costa Rica. You get used to it and luckily the likelihood of earthquakes over a magnitude of 8 is low. We…
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Costa Rica News – On September 5th, 2012, a plate of the Earth’s crust slid beneath another plate twenty five miles underneath the surface of Nicoya, Costa Rica, causing a magnitude…
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