Mild earthquake hits outside of Golfito on late Saturday, early Sunday.
An mild to moderate earthquake estimated at 4.5 magnitude took place at 11:02:46, Saturday on 9.5.09 in Costa Rica.
According to the U.S. National Earthquake Center said the epicenter was about 5 miles east and north of Golfito in the southern end of the Puntarenas Region of Costa Rica.
This is the second earthquake to hit the southern zone. On March 11 of this year, one registered 6.3 on the Richter Scale, with an epicenter near Golfito as this one was.
The quake, which had a duration of about two minutes, was felt in San José and along the Pacific coast. Almost all the seismographs at Universidad Nacional’s Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica (UOVSCR) recorded the temblor.
According to one of my friends in the Golfito region, who emailed me this early morning, when she was awaken by it and that there was some minor damage at her house and one of her friends said, the store down the street, also had some minor damage.
Some products fell off of shelves and a some window cracking, she had a vase walk off the table. She did say, her shower head now leaks.
One would thank God, that a quake of this magnitude would be expected to break windows and do some structural damage. There does not appear to be that, but then writing this post it is still dark and any additional damage will be seen in the morning.
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