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Jesu Cristo! That was a big one! Everybody OK?

The quake registered a 6.2 magnitude near the CR / Panama border on the west coast.

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Pura Vida...enjoying life to the fullest...

Not to worry. It is just me thundering home after nearly three weeks in the US and totally without.

only kidding.

Magnitude 6.2
Date-Time Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 06:11:22 UTC
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 01:11:22 AM at epicenter

Location 8.295°N, 82.928°W
Depth 48.2 km (30.0 miles)
Region PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION
Distances 45 km (30 miles) SSE of Golfito, Costa Rica
55 km (35 miles) WSW of David, Panama
135 km (85 miles) SSW of Bocas del Toro, Panama
220 km (135 miles) SE of SAN JOSE, Costa Rica

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 6.6 km (4.1 miles); depth +/- 11 km (6.8 miles)
Parameters NST=207, Nph=207, Dmin=313.4 km, Rmss=1.09 sec, Gp= 72°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7

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Living well is the best revenge
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwUtj_YnNoY

Diego, could you PLEASE be a little guieter and not shake the whole country next time. You woke me from a very good sleep!!

Seriously, it was the strongest one I have felt since I have been living here. And when you are on the 3rd floor of a 4 story building and the whole building starts shaking, it is a little unnerving Add to that a howling wind and rain and it would have been a perfect halloween night

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Old and retired but still bang, and bang, and bang!!!

...there goes the bridges.....ooops....what bridges?

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My life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming...." MAN....WHAT A RIDE!!!!"

Yes, GM, I would worry about destruction of infrastructure IF Costa Rica had any. Knowing it doesn't, I slept well last night after the quake.

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"The only normal people are those you don't know very well." Joe Ancis

I was in the shower while it happened, my wife yelled "wow did you feel that"... I didn't.

I've actually never felt an earthquake in the 3.5 years I've been living here, even though people in the same room have. Maybe I'm not sure what to feel for, lol.

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One of the most important things for all of us to remember is that when the next big one comes, there will be NO water, NO movement of food and difficultly in traveling.

In April 1991, there was a really big one in Limon (7.7) and it did serious damage to the entire country. Downtown Limon basically collapsed. The pista Limon including nearly all of the bridges were destroyed. Goods could not be transported to the central plateau. People in San Jose region were really having a tough time getting essentials. The already flimsy water lines were shredded.

The purpose of this is to suggest that we all prepare by setting aside water, food, candles and fuel for at least two weeks. The choppers-and-squirters (fire fighters) from Los Angeles have a really good guide book on-line. http://www.cityofla.org/lafd/eqbook.pdf