The following photographs were obtained from the Costa Rica university website of the Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica or OVSICORI which monitors and records volcanic and seismic activity to help prevent natural disasters of this kind.

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All earthquake damage photographs were taken by E. Duarte and we publish them here for your interest as we know so many of you do not like downloading files from the internet.

Most areas in Costa Rica have been unaffected by the earthquake and there have been no deaths or serious injuries of North American reported however, there have been many more earthquake tremors in this same area on Monday and Tuesday and local residents are understandably nervous.

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You can see our previous article Strong Earthquake Rattles Central Costa Rica here.

Just to add to the worries of the people mot affected, as you can see from the photograph below Poas volcano has become more active.

Costa Rica Earthquake Reports:

  1. For more information about earthquakes in Costa Rica, please see the Universidad de Costa Rica Red Sismológica Nacional website here.
  2. Most recent earthquake reports are here.
  3. You can also see photos of volcanos, eruptions and earthquake damage here.

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