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Δευτέρα 9 Απριλίου 2018
Κυριακή 25 Σεπτεμβρίου 2016
Σάββατο 8 Σεπτεμβρίου 2012
Strong Costa Rica quake causes panic, minor damage
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CANGREJAL, Costa Rica – A powerful magnitude-7.6 earthquake shook Costa Rica and neighboring countries Wednesday, sending panicked people into the streets and briefly triggering a tsunami alert, but causing little damage. Authorities reported one confirmed death.
By Thomas Dooley, AP
A wall at the University of Costa Rica's school of electrical engineering is damaged after an earthquake in San Jose, Costa Rica, on Wednesday.
"When we felt the earthquake, we held onto each other because we kept falling," said Rosa Pichardo, 45, who was walking on the beach in the town of Samara with her family when the quake hit.
"I've never felt anything like this. We just couldn't stay standing. My feet gave out under me. It was terrible, terrible," she said.
Officials said the quake collapsed some houses and at least one bridge and caused landslides that blocked highways. But Costa Rica President Laura Chinchilla said there were no reports of major damage and called for calm.
Residents described being shocked by the force of the quake, which was felt as far away as Panama and Nicaragua and was the biggest since a 7.6-magnitude quake in 1991 left 47 people dead.
Michelle Landwer, owner of the Belvedere Hotel in Samara, north of the epicenter, said she was having breakfast with about 10 people when the quake hit.
Location of Costa Rica quake
"The whole building was moving, I couldn't even walk," Landwer said. "Everything was falling, like glasses and everything." Still, she added, "Here in my building there was no real damage."
The quake was somewhat deep — 25 miles below the surface. Quakes that occur deeper underground tend to be less damaging, but more widely felt.
In the town of Hojancha, a few miles from the epicenter, city official Kenia Campos said the quake knocked down some houses and landslides blocked several roads.
"So far, we don't have victims," she said. "People were really scared … We have had moderate quakes but an earthquake (this strong) hadn't happened in … years."
In the coastal town of Nosara, roughly 20 miles southwest of the epicenter, trees shook violently and light posts swayed. Roads cracked and power lines fell.
In the last four decades, the region has been rocked by 30 earthquakes of magnitude-6 and larger. Two exceeded magnitude-7 — in 1978 and 1990 — but did not cause any deaths.
The last deadly quake to strike Costa Rica was in 2009, when 40 people died in a magnitude-6.1 temblor.
"If it was a shallower event, it would be a significantly higher hazard," said seismologist Daniel McNamara of the U.S. Geological Survey.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centered about 38 miles from the town of Liberia and 87 miles west of the capital, San Jose. The magnitude initially was estimated at 7.9, but was quickly downgraded to 7.6.
The area is a seismically active zone where the Cocos tectonic plate dives beneath the Caribbean plate. "All along the Pacific coast of Central America, you can expect fairly big earthquakes," McNamara said.
The quake was followed by three strong aftershocks of magnitudes 4.6, 4.5 and 4.4.
The Guanacaste region around the epicenter is a popular tourist destination known for its pristine beaches and nature and marine reserves. Costa Rica is also a popular destination for American retirees, tens of thousands of whom have settled there.
Officials initially warned of a possible tsunami, and Samara local police supervisor Jose Angel Gomez said about 5,000 people — 80 percent of the town's population — had been evacuated from coastal towns in and near the quake's epicenter. By midday they were allowed to return.
In San Jose, frightened residents ran into the streets, and cell phone and Internet service failed across the city. Some neighborhoods lost electricity.
At the hospitals of Nicoya and Liberia, in Guanacaste, hundreds of people packed emergency rooms asking to be treated for shock and minor injuries.
One death was confirmed, a man who died of a heart attack caused by fright, said Carlos Miranda, a Red Cross worker in the city of Liberia.
Douglas Salgado, a geographer with Costa Rica's National Commission of Risk Prevention and Emergency Attention, said a landslide hit the main highway that connects the capital to the Pacific coast city of Puntarenas, and hotels and other structures had cracked walls and items knocked from shelves.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Δευτέρα 21 Μαΐου 2012
IMÁGENES DE LA MISIÓN ORTODOXA DE LA PASCUA 2012 EN COSTA RICA. (Sin Iglesia, pero hogar bendecido)
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Con la gracia del Señor Jesucristo Resucitado y entre las muchas dificultades y las dificultades continúa la labor de la Misión Ortodoxa en el
El Padre Silas y sus asociados continúan su labor entre los muchos obstáculos y diversas tentaciones para difundir la Palabra de Dios, poco a poco, la cual se encuentra suelo fértil que produce fruto.
Hoy dia la comunidad ortodoxa esta formada por 17 personas que incluyen tres rusos, tres árabes, dos griegos y nueve costarricenses.
El Sábado Santo del 2012 se bautizaron tres personas-catecúmenos (que recibieron catequesis ortodoxa por el Padre Silas), Gregory, Vasiliki y Simeón que hace dos meses debido a un grave problema de salud le cortaron la pierna.
Publicamos las fotos del Viernes Santo, la Liturgia de la Resurrección y la Liturgia de Divina Pascua, así como fotos del bautismo de los tres catecúmenos en el Sábado Santo.
por otro año mas, el ortodoxo costarricense con ejemplar devoción y emoción que trae por Nuestro Señor Jesucristo, se celebra Las Santas Pasiones y la Resurrección, en una casa especialmente diseñada, ya que no tienen una iglesia.
por otro año mas, el ortodoxo costarricense con ejemplar devoción y emoción que trae por Nuestro Señor Jesucristo, se celebra Las Santas Pasiones y la Resurrección, en una casa especialmente diseñada, ya que no tienen una iglesia.
Aquellos que deseen ayudar a la Misión Ortodoxa de Costa Rica nos puede contactar por medio del correo electrónico: apologitisdim6@gmail.com
También pueden depositar sus donaciones para las diversas necesidades de la misión, en la cuenta de la misión ortodoxa:
Contribución, Donaciones: en Chipre y Grecia
Número de cuenta en el Banco de Chipre: 0560-01-002215-00
IBAN: CY91 0020 0560 0000 0001 0022 1500
SWIFT: BCYPCY2N
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