5.0 Earthquake
Registered Friday
Afternoon
Costa Rica shook and
rolled yesterday for
almost four minutes as
an earthquake
registering 5.0 on the
Richter scale was hit
the country at 5:35pm.
The four minutes is an
estimation by the
Observatorio
Vulcanológico y
Sismológico de Costa
Rica (OVSICORI) station
that recorded the quake
whose epicentre was 10
kilometres southwest of
San Isidro de Pérez
Zeledón.
Rodolfo Van der Laat, of
the OVSICORI, said that
it is normal for such
quakes of such long
duration and reminded
that Costa Rica is a
seismic zone and for
sure it will continue to
shake and roll.
The quake was felt
mostly in the southern
zone, but also in the
Central Valley, as the
Coco and Caribe plates
collide.
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