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2012-09-05 Mw 7.6 COSTA RICA

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Magnitude	Mw 7.6
Region	COSTA RICA
Date time	2012-09-05 14:42:10.0 UTC
Location	10.16 N ; 85.39 W
Depth	40 km
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Witness location : Monteverde (Costa Rica) (66 km E from epicenter)

location i felt theaerthuake was in the mountains in santa lucia near monteverde

Witness location : Santa Rosa (Costa Rica) (113 km E from epicenter)

it started out trembling and then began swaying. it lasted over a minute. A motorcycle in the parking lot at my work fell over and the rainforest trees were swaying. The cars in the parking lot were bouncing all around and every single employee from indoor to outdoor employees were aware of what was going on. I had to take one employee to the clinica because she was having a panich attack.

Witness location : Alajuela (Costa Rica) (129 km E from epicenter)

it seemed to have lasted about 60 seconds....it was very gentle when it started....and built to a serious shaking by the time it was over....pretty scary stuff!!

Witness location : Heredia (Costa Rica) (140 km E from epicenter)

Lo mas extraño es que me parecio sentirlo en dos partes cuando pense que habia pasado corri a encender el radio y el ruido de mi casa me hizo ver que todavía seguia fue cuando decidí salir

Witness location : Uruca District (Costa Rica) (144 km E from epicenter)

It was felt for about a minute.  MAny people run downstairs, some objets fall down, the building structure made cracking sounds.

Witness location : Diriamba (Nicaragua) (209 km NW from epicenter)

I was practicing yoga and was aligning my spine when the Earth's adjustment took place.

Witness location : Ticuantepe (Nicaragua) (224 km NW from epicenter)

It was pretty long! I felt it lasted forever cuz I was in bed and stayed in there for some seconds to verify it was a shake. I then went to the kitchen and warned my sister. The water fountain was shaking and the lamps were moving from side to side. I went to the garden and the front gates were trembling and the street lamp post was shaking the cables swinging from side to side. 

The movement was definitely a swinging movement. Awful!!

European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre

2012-09-05 Mw 7.6 COSTA RICA