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Houses and bridges damaged by earthquakes in Costa Rica
San Jose, July 14 (PL) A series of eight earthquakes and more than 90 aftershocks so far caused damage to 25 houses and five bridges in northern Costa Rica. The last earthquake took place yesterday, in Upala (Alajuela), and reached a magnitude of 3.4 degrees on the Richter scale. The National Emergency Commission declared yellow alert in the county, the soil instability and landslides and cracks on the main roads. The houses affected are in the towns of Armenia, Bijagua and Altamira. The tremors, which began Tuesday, had local tectonic origin by faulting and its magnitude ranged between 3.1 degrees and 5.3 degrees on the Richter scale. The impacted populations to far are located east of Guacalito Upala (Alajuela), and Bagaces and Ca?as, Guanacaste. The balance of these phenomena includes cracks in roads, break-walls into a church and several homes, according to the security forces. Data National Seismological Network realize frequent earthquakes in the north since 1985, particularly intense in 2002. In this Central American country, so far only in July 2011 were 12 earthquakes of considerable magnitude. rc / ism
Spanish to English translation
Houses and bridges damaged by earthquakes in Costa Rica
San Jose, July 14 (PL) A series of eight earthquakes and more than 90 aftershocks so far caused damage to 25 houses and five bridges in northern Costa Rica. The last earthquake took place yesterday, in Upala (Alajuela), and reached a magnitude of 3.4 degrees on the Richter scale. The National Emergency Commission declared yellow alert in the county, the soil instability and landslides and cracks on the main roads. The houses affected are in the towns of Armenia, Bijagua and Altamira. The tremors, which began Tuesday, had local tectonic origin by faulting and its magnitude ranged between 3.1 degrees and 5.3 degrees on the Richter scale. The impacted populations to far are located east of Guacalito Upala (Alajuela), and Bagaces and Ca?as, Guanacaste. The balance of these phenomena includes cracks in roads, break-walls into a church and several homes, according to the security forces. Data National Seismological Network realize frequent earthquakes in the north since 1985, particularly intense in 2002. In this Central American country, so far only in July 2011 were 12 earthquakes of considerable magnitude. rc / ism
