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Costa Rica earthquake: deep but no major damage, one death
Costa Rica experienced what experts are calling a "deep" earthquake on Wednesday.
The quake registered at 7.6 on the Richter scale.
Prior to the quake, a tsunami warning (since canceled) was issued and there were fears that widespread death and destruction would ensue.
But the quake’s deep location (25 miles underground and 87 miles west of the capital, San Jose) resulted in few structural damages, no tsunami and only one reported death (by heart attack).
Seismologists and structural experts point to the deep location of the quake and to Costa Rica’s strict anti-earthquake building codes in steel and concrete, rather than mud and adobe as the reasons for the country’s stability in the wake of the event.
San Jose suffered some initial power outage and coastal towns near the quake epicenter were evacuated but power was restored in the city on Wednesday night and evacuated locals have since been allowed to return to their homes.
Costa Rica, a popular site for eco-tourism and a major cruise destination, is widely seen as a model of stability and good environmental practice in the region.
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