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Costa Rica registers increase in seismic activity this week

The Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI) on Thursday morning reported a magnitude-4.0 tremor off the Caribbean coast in Limón.

Earthquakes diminish in Nicaragua, but country remains on red alert

Nicaragua seemed to have regained the calm after five days of constant tremors that kept the population on edge, principally in Managua, where officials authorities warned even Monday about the risk of a major earthquake.

Panic in Nicaragua as tremors continue

Nicaraguans awoke in a panic Monday morning when a magnitude-5.6 earthquake shook Managua, the capital, following temblors last week killed one, injured almost 40 and left another 2,000 with partially or totally destroyed homes.

When the walls come tumbling down…

A child on a bicycle passes by the ruins of a house in Nagarote, destroyed in an earthquake. A pair of strong quakes and...

Magnitude-6.6 earthquake shakes Costa Rica on Friday afternoon, epicenter located in Nicaragua

A strong tremor shook Costa Rica and Nicaragua on Friday afternoon at 2:28 p.m. The Seismic Engineering Laboratory at the University of Costa Rica recorded a 6.6-magnitude for the quake. The U.S. Geological Survey also reported the same magnitude. The epicenter of the earthquake was located in southwest Nicaragua, near the city of Nandaime.

Cracked

People walk along a fissure on a road in Iquique, northern Chile, on Wednesday, a day after a powerful 8.2-magnitude earthquake hit off Chile's...

Strong temblor jolts Costa Rica

A strong temblor was felt in several areas of Costa Rica Wednesday morning at 10:16 a.m.

UPDATE: Tsunami watch canceled for Costa Rica after magnitude-8.2 earthquake strikes near coast of Chile, kills 6

Around 8:45 p.m. a tsunami watch was called off in Costa Rica by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

Magnitude-4.5 earthquake shakes Costa Rica, with epicenter near the coast in Quepos

A magnitude-4.5 earthquake rocked Costa Rica around 7:40 p.m. Wednesday.

Magnitude-5.2 earthquake shakes Costa Rica, with epicenter off coast near Jacó

The first major earthquake of 2014 rocked Costa Rica around 3:02 p.m. Friday. The epicenter of the magnitude-5.2 temblor was about 30 kilometers off the central Pacific coast, just southwest of Jacó, according to the University of Costa Rica's National Seismological Network and other reports.
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