Cold Front Causing Havoc; Earthquake Shakes Morning
A cold front from the north has brought strong cold winds to the Central Valley since late last night and has caused damage in various areas, including cutting power to parts of Heredia and San José.

Winds reached 35 Km/h and are expected to reach 50 to 60 Km/h today  in the Central Valley, though little or rain is forecast.

The cold front is being felt throughout Central America.

The strong winds knocked over a tree in the area around the Jardines de Recuerdo, knocking over a fence and a power line, cutting electrical power to the area.

In Paseo Colon, Sabana and Pavas, electrical power was cut to the area in the early morning hours, high winds is being blamed for the cause of the power outage.

And at 6:31am an earthquake shook the Central Valley and Pacific coast. The shake was so sharp that morning Telenoticias anchor, the beautiful Wendy Cruz, ran from the anchor desk for cover.

The earthquake registered 5.0 on the Richter scale with the epicenter located about 24 kilometres southeast of Quepos, resulting from a collision between the Cocos and Panama plates.

According to the Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica, there 357 earthquakes in October, but only 6 were felt. The month with the highest number of quakes for 2006 is May, with 504 shakes, but only 8 being felt.

Though November and December has a lower amount of earthquake activity, damaging quakes have been usually occurred during those months.

The Instituto Meteorológico Nacional(IMN) - the weatherman - says that the cold winds will be with us in the Central Valley and the Northern zones for a few days and temperatures will dip well below normal, especially at night and early morning hours.

Better to trade in the umbrella for a jacket for the next few days.