Earthquake In Costa Rica

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

At least two people died after an earthquake of magnitude 6.5 on the Richter scale that was recorded on the night of Sunday, November 12 in Costa Rica.

Univision News reports that the quake struck the country's central Pacific coast area. Carlos Hidalgo, a spokesman for the Ministry of Security, told the local press that the two people, -a woman and a man-, from the town of Jacó, died due to heart attacks after what the official described as a panic crisis, reports the news portal.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) confirmed that the quake would have registered a magnitude of 6.5. Likewise, the National Tsunami Monitoring System of Costa Rica ruled out a tsunami threat in the area, according to the country's president, Luis Guillermo Solís, through his Twitter account.

USGS indicates that the earthquake occurred at a distance of 16 kilometers from the southeast of the Jacó region and at a depth of 19.8 kilometers. Meanwhile, the National Seismological Network of Costa Rica indicates that up to 57 aftershocks of the earthquake that occurred on Sunday were located on Monday morning, in the areas of Jacó and Parrita. On its Twitter page, the National Seismological Network, states that "it is in charge of studying the country's seismic and volcanic activity, in order to generate information that contributes to the reduction of natural disasters."

Even Univision Noticias reports that the damage recorded at the time according to the firefighters was to shops, because after the telluric movement several suffered the fall of products from the gondolas or shelves. In addition, a lack of electricity service was reported in some places, and some power lines also collapsed in Jacó, Parrita and Quepos; cities in the affected region of the country.