Earthquake 7.6 in Costa Rica

Have you experienced an earthquake? Can you forget your experience? The terrifying feeling of been in an earthquake is something that will stay with you forever. A week ago, we experienced an earthquake here in Costa Rica of 7.6 degrees on the Richter scale. It occurred in Costa Rica on Wednesday 5 September this year 2012.

The quake occurred at 08:42 (UTC -6), with its epicenter at 8 kilometers from the town of Samara, on the Nicoya Peninsula, while in Guanacaste had a depth of 20 kilometers. It generated a tsunami alert for the failed American territories bordering the Pacific Ocean as the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica.

From the day of the earthquake, we had over 1000 aftershocks according to the Volcanological Observatory of Costa Rica.


All the Cars and house moving like jelly. Unfortunately, I had no way to record video while the earthquake was happening, but what I can tell you is that at that those who do not believe in God cease to be atheists.

Nothing is as important as life when you feel the earth is about to open the mouth and swallow you alive. Nothing can be worse than that.

A man identified as Alexandre related his experience: "It was terrible. I could not run; I couldn't move at all, because the earth movement was so strong that it was just impossible for us. The refrigerator slide from one place to another. It was bad... I hear a scandal, people screamed in terror."

This other statement was released by the media it shows the tremendous shock: "I felt it very strong; we ran. We feared that the house would fall on top of us," said a villager of Nicoya. Another person at the site said: "We were in the pool. There was a wave within the pool, we did our best to get out."




The only fatality associated with the earthquake is a 55-year-old woman who died of a heart attack caused by the shock, and authorities said there were no people with serious injuries.

Since I have been in Costa Rica have experienced many strong feelings from anger at being robbed to fear of losing my life in an earthquake the truth is that in this country, many things happen that are out of control and that's what make it difficult to live here.