An earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale shook the central Pacific town of Quepos Sunday night.
The quake occurred at 8:39 p.m. and was felt in the Southern Zone community of Pérez Zeledón and the Central Valley areas of San José, Atenas and Heredia, according to a statement from the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI) at NationalUniversity in Heredia, north of San José.