Nicaragua: Expert
Predicts Powerful Quake
The fall in earth
tremors in Nicaragua is
alarming experts, who
fear the occurrence of a
huge movement to release
accumulated energy, said
Wilfried Strauch,
Geophysics Director
General of INETER (the
Nicaraguan Institute of
Territorial Studies.)
At least 1,517 tremors
were registered in 2006,
and last year the figure
fell to 1,250, according
to INETER reports.
Strauch said that the
"seismic silence"
remains, as no strong,
alarming tremor has been
reported in nearly a
year and a half.
An unpredictable,
powerful quake can be
expected after a long
period of calm, he
noted.
The latest event
registered, measuring
4.7 degrees on the
Richter scale, was
located in the Pacific,
off Costa Rica, 118
miles from Managua, on
Sunday. |
