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Five Earthquakes Shake Costa Rica's Guanacaste Area
By Explore Costa Rica Staff
Nov 7, 2007, 05:51

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Five Earthquakes Shake Costa Rica's Guanacaste Area
 
Costa Rica's northwestern Guanacaste province shook Monday as five earthquakes occurred during a six-hour period.

The first quake occurred at 1:39 p.m. and measured 3.4 on the Richter scale. The earthquake was felt in the Guanacaste beach towns of Samara, Carrillo and Nicoya, according to a statement from the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI).

The second occurred at 4:33 p.m., with a magnitude of 3.2. Shortly later at 5:59 p.m., another quake shook these two towns, Samara and Carillo, measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale.

Two more quakes followed at 6:22 p.m. and 7:27 p.m., with magnitudes of 4.3 and 3.9. Both were felt around the Nicoya Peninsula.

All the earthquakes originated 25 kilometers southeast of Nicoya.

Yesterday, two earthquakes shook the Southern Zone area of Perez Zeldon. The first occurred at 12:26 p.m. and measured 3.7 on the Richter scale while the second occurred 22 minutes later and had a magnitude of 3.8. No damage was reported.

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