On Oct 9th, around 8 pm a 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit the 26miles north of San Jose, Costa Rica. The depth of the earthqauke was 98 km (61 miles). Poeple rushed into the street while items fell off the shelves and alarams rang. The shaking lasted about 30 second and the swaying motion knocked out cell service and created landslids. No major damage was report and no death or injury have been reported.
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2010/10/09/Costa-Rica-shaken-by-59-earthquake/UPI-64071286638707/
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/10/08/costa.rica.earthquake/index.html?hpt=Sbin
In Costa Rica, the average number of earthquakes per year per 12, 300 km2, with magnitude 5 or greater and a depth of 0-70km:
http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2009/eq_090108_bpba/neic_bpba_d.html
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