Earthquake shakes Costa Rica

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

*Great Earthquakes In Diverse Places

Earthquake shakes Costa Rica*

2009-11-14

SAN JOSE, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- A 5.1 magnitude earthquake shook Costa
Rica Friday, without immediate report of victims and material damages.

The Costa Rican Vulcanology and Seismology Observatory (OVISCORI)
said the earthquake occurred at 3:20 p.m. local time (2120 GMT) and its
epicenter was located 20 km northeast to Parritain Puntarenas province,
70 km southeast to San Jose.

The earthquake had a depth of 19 km and it was produced due to a
local geological failure, the OVSICORI said.

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

*Great Earthquakes In Diverse Places

Earthquake shakes Costa Rica*

By Mike McDonald
Posted: 1:35 p.m.

A 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck at 11:22 a.m. Friday off of Costa
Rica's Caribbean shore.

The quake occurred on the Miento plate in the Caribbean Sea with an
epicenter 37 kilometers northeast of the Boca de Parismina, a small bay
on Costa Rica's Caribbean coastline and at a depth of 46 km.

Tremors were felt all along the Caribbean coast and in parts of the
Central Valley. The Costa Rica Vulcanological and Seismological
Observatory (OVSICORI), based at the National University, did not report
any aftershocks.

As of 12:47 p.m. Friday, the National Emergency Commission had not
received any reports of injuries, damage or landslides. Commission
officials had not heard of any effects the shakes may have had on the
French Jacques Vabre 2009 sailboats that are en route to Costa Rica's
Caribbean port of Limón.

The race's lead boats are just east of the West Indian islands in the
Caribbean Sea, more than 2,000 km away from the earthquake's epicenter.