Thousands On Alert For
Aftershocks
The big quake occurred
at 1:21pm last Thursday.
However, the ground had
not yet settled and
series of aftershocks,
some strong enough to
instill panic have been
occurring, even though
experts say that it is
almost impossible for
another 6.2 quake to hit
on the same fault.
The Observatorio
Vulcanológico y
Sismológico de Costa
Rica (OVSICORI) reports
2.8 quake occurred on
Tuesday (January 12) at
6:45pm, 1 kilometres
south of Vara Blanca,
affecting Vara Blanca,
Poasito and Tacàres de
Grecia.
Minutes later, at
7:25pm, a 3.5 quake was
felt 7 kilometres
northeast of the Bajos
del Toro and at 8:23 it
shook again 7 kilometres
southeast of Cinchona,
the hardest hit of
Thursday's quake, as a
4.1 tremor was felt in
Heredia, Alajuela, San
Jose, Rio Cuarto de
Grecia and Miramar de
Puntarenas.
At 9:37 another 4.0 jolt
located 10 kilometres
nortbf of Bajo del Toro
was felt in Bajos del
Toro, Heredia, Alajuela,
San Jose, San Ramon and
Ciudad Quesada.
On Wednesday (January
13) at 1:09am a 4.3
quake centred in
Fraijanes as felt in
most areas of the
Central valley,
strongest felt in
Poasito Frijanes Vara
Blanca Heredia and
Zapote .
The constant tremors put
at risk rescue and
recovery operations and
has kept more than 2.000
in shelters fearing a
return to their homes.
The Cruz Roja
Costarricense (Red
Cross) and the Comision
Nacional de Emergencias
(CNE) - national
emergency commission -
say they will continue
their efforts
notwithstanding the
aftershocks
For an update on the
latest tremors visit the
OVSICORI website
and click on
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