EARTHQUAKE.... HITS: Costa Rica MAGNITUDE 7.5-7.9

Looks like the Tsunami watch for the Caribbean was indeed an error: [link to 1.usa.gov]

Expanded watch for Pacific issued

Thanks!! Stay safe

when is that ET?

Isn't there a decent sized volcano in that general area?

5*


:)

Hmm no after shocks yet, not even little ones.

yep stay safe


and big thanks for that local report!

cracks in the street in Nicoya

[link to twitter.com]

glad you're okay. But next time - follow your mother-in-laws pace!

[link to earthquake.usgs.gov]

Looks like it was a roller and not a shaker.

Its 05:16 hst right now so 9 hours.

Thanks OP!

El Q might have been off in his timing but he was sure right about it's coming. I'm impressed.

Is HAARP active right now????
Weve got 4 eq all seperate 7.9 7.9 7.9 and 7.6 all 5-10 mins apart continuing as we speak!!!

My other didn't post!
[link to www.anywherecostarica.com]
Rincón de la Vieja - and there have been rumblings since April.

I know that yellowstone has been having some small shakes lately...magma moving?

Which area are you at? I am near Dominical and man was it ever swaying. I also ran out of the house. This is by far the worse and longest I have ever felt, I am trying to come down now...

My cell is not calling out, do you have a problem trying to call out?

If my country is not showing costa rica is because I use a UBS internet stick, really don't know why it wouldn't show.

Vuelta de Jorco - Not a lot of strong shakes but lasted longer than any other earthquake since I've been here the last 8 years. A long shaking, maybe about 20 seconds. We are up in the mountains.

Atenas - vases came crashing down from cupboards, mini tsunami in pool, really scary

Managua, Nicaragua - sort of rolling, not jolting

Montezuma CR - Howler monkeys are upset. Power is out. Concrete building has some cracks and light damage.
Diriamba, Nicaragua - The shaking was rather long here. The doors were shaking and it felt more like a rolling back and forth movement. We all felt dizzy for several minutes afterward.

Granada, Nicaragua - Was more rolling/rocking. We were in bed and I thought my girlfriend was shaking the bed with her foot. Very long lasting, made me feel really dizzy when I got up to feel the ground.

San jose, costa rica - long term quake, and the feeling of unstable ground

Managua Nicaragua - I had never felt an earthquake before, I felt like my head was spinning and I got dizzy for about 6 seconds, then I went to check with my partner, who confirmed he'd felt it to and so had the family we live with.

COSTA RICA - it started out slowly as if a small wave \i started seeing things start to sway back and forth then it increased in intensity, and seemed to last a long time in earthquake time. I was in the Loma Preta earthquake in California around 1989, and this seemed longer than that. nothing broke I was also in the last earthquake here in Costa Rica a few years back that one was more intense but not as long

San Antonio de Belen, Costa Rica - We have had earthquakes in this area before, some even quite close (like 5 miles) but this was the worst I had experienced. My roommate said he could see the mountains shake beyond the metro area (San Jose) to the south, from his balcony. We are about 150 miles (approx.) west of the center but reports say it was between a 7.5 and 7.9 tremor...which makes the damage closer to the source, presumably, much more severe. We await further news from the web and tv.

[link to earthquake-report.com]

good mother of god, many hellicopters flying over here..

I think something is about to blow!

I live on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua and I felt it. The building swayed.

HAARP is VERY active!

[link to www.haarp.alaska.edu]

Sorry, right after I posted I realized I should have explained. I live in Pital, San Carlos. Quite a few miles from the epicenter.

Last Edited by ShortStrap on 09/05/2012 11:20 AM

If it wasn't before the quake, it might be now!

Nice...we haven't seen any biggies in awhile.

A buoy off Australia just went into event mode now?

Birds flying now!

If it did, it's probably a miniscule shift at best. I think it takes a quake on the magnitude of what happened in Japan last year to actually cause a measurable shift in the earth's axis.

I wonder how this will affect traffic in the Panama canal...

Had a bad-ass freq hit me around 6:15 am cst this morning,had a rolling wave with it and made me sway back and forth.

was making my daughters school lunch at the time,thought to myself(somebody getting a big quake soon).LOL

Texas

are you on high ground???