just had an earthquake here in costa rica

[Gato Moteado]

it was a pretty strong one.....my computer monitor flapped around on the desk.

[oldtime dfl_er]

1. Yikes, stay safe!

aftershocks can be as strong as the original. Hope eveyrone's okay.

[Mojorabbit]

2. I saw that on my firefox earthquake

doohickey. I am glad you are ok. Looks like San Juan Argentina had a 5.6 too.

[oldtime dfl_er]

6. What is this doohickey

of which you speak? sounds cool...

[davepc]

9. There are a few of them

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=firefox+earthquake&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS292US293&ie=UTF-8

[Mojorabbit]

13. I use equake

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2239

[aquart]

7. Firefox has an earthquake doohickey?

[Mojorabbit]

14. I use this one

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2239
It shakes your browser screen when one occurs and there is a little box that shows where it occurred and the magnitude

[BlooInBloo]

22. Cool, but I'm not sure I want my ff shaking every 5 minutes.

[Mojorabbit]

25. I think you can turn that part off. nt

[Warpy]

3. Here ya go, 6.0

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/at00679227.php

[davepc]

4. 6.0

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/at00679227.php

[On the Road]

23. Wow -- I Was Just There Last Year

up the coast a little in Manuel Antonio

[malaise]

26. That's strong

Hope everyone is OK.

[aquart]

5. Let us know when you know that everyone's okay over there.

Monitors should not flap.

[Gato Moteado]

16. i called friends around the country.......

...everyone felt it and so far everyone is safe.

it was pretty strong down around golfito, where one of my main rainforest properties is....where i have a small cabin in the jungle.

[myrna minx]

8. I'm glad that you're ok. How scary. n/t

[Gato Moteado]

17. thanks......

....things are fine in my area up in the san jose area.....just some shaking.

[foxfeet]

10. Hope all is well with you and yours.

The aftershocks can be a real bitch. Stay safe!

[Gato Moteado]

18. thanks......

....we had a big one a few months ago up around volcano poas and we felt it here in the central valley. they had a lot of damage at the epicenter from that one.

[MercutioATC]

11. Damn! The epicenter was VERY close to where I plan to retire.

Life's gonna be interesting :)

[Gato Moteado]

15. where did it say the epicenter was?

usgs still doesn't seem to know.

[MercutioATC]

21. Unless they just put the little marker in a general location, looks like the Golfo Dulce.

I'm looking at Dos Brazos for retirement.

[Gato Moteado]

24. did you find a property in the osa?

i knew you were wanting to get something in the osa peninsula. did you buy a property?

you know, i've got a place right across the gulf from the osa.

when are you coming down?

m

[MercutioATC]

27. Not yet...probably starting to look seriously in a couple of years.

I'm looking for something very remote, and the area around Dos Brazos seems to fit the bill. I'll probably spend the next 7 years scouting, retire, and then rent for a year to be sure before I buy unless something perfect comes along in the meanwhile.

...but I'll definitely give you a heads-up when I get down that way again.

[BlooInBloo]

12. Moteado = mottled? Or spotted? Or something like that?

Stay safe!

[Gato Moteado]

19. that's one interpretation ;-)

and....thanks...we're doing as best we can to stay safe.

[CreekDog]

20. looks like 5.7

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009eba4.php