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* Transcripts and adaptation Teletica.com
The most affected areas are located in the provinces of Alajuela, San José, Cartago and Heredia, as well as in areas like Guapiles and Caribbean communities, but the quake was felt throughout the country but with different strength.
According to reports from the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI), the tremor would have had a magnitude of 6.2 and have its epicenter 10 kilometers east of San Pedro de Poas, Alajuela, at a depth of 30 kilometers.
In that area there was another earthquake last Wednesday, January 7 and had a magnitude of 4, the National Emergency Commission (CNE) declared a red alert in the provinces described.
Security minister, Janina Del Vecchio said in conversation with Telenoticias ordered police control to maintain order and coordinates with the different aspects of public security delegations.
For its part, Karla González, Minister of Public Works and Transport (MOPT) warned that in different places have been reported some failures in domestic routes in Alfaro Ruiz and that the road to the Poas Volcano is partially closed.
It also reported that Juan SantamarÃa International Airport remained closed for a general inspection, but it is working normally.
* Transcripts and adaptation Teletica.com
Updated 3:35 pm January 8, 2009
Relief authorities reported finding the bodies of 2 Ch*ldren in a road linking San Isidro and Fraijanes, in Alajuela. 7 and 9 years were buried by an embankment that fell near his house, while several houses were reported buried.
Relief Corps of the Red Cross and Fire, and the security forces, emergency care, while home to damage were reported and a particularly critical situation in the region of Vara Blanca.
Authorities are asking citizens to leave their homes if they have large cracks or there is a danger of landslides in the event of new earthquakes.
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