Just heard a report with no details of a new earthquake occuring in Central America...Costa Rica...which has an active volcano...

KCBS news radio in San Francisco

-- notworriedthough (gotinlongago@GaryNorth.com), August 20, 1999

Answers

I was just going to post this...

And it looks like Turkey's troubles aren't over yet...

Quake hits Costa Rica

Friday, 20 August 1999 11:59 (GMT)

(UPI Spotlight) Quake hits Costa Rica RESTON, Va., Aug. 20 (UPI) - The U.S. Geological Survey reports (Friday) an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale struck 55 miles south of San Jose, Costa Rica at 4:02 a.m. local time. The survey said there are no immediate reports of damage or injury. Copyright 1999 by United Press International

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2M ordered out of potential quake area

Thursday, 19 August 1999 23:12 (GMT)

(NOTE: quake warning) (UPI Focus) 2M ordered out of potential quake area By SEVA ULMAN ANKARA, Turkey, Aug. 19 (UPI) - Residents of northwestern Turkey's largest city, Bursa, have been ordered not to sleep in their houses as an earthquake official warned that another quake could occur. Governor Orhan Tasanlar issued the warning today after huge aftershocks rocked the area, the BBC reported. The quake, which struck Tuesday morning at 3:02 a.m. local time (8:02 p.m. EDT Monday), measured 7.4 on the Richter scale and was the worst ever recorded in Turkey. Speaking on state-run television today, the director of the Kandilli Observatory in Istanbul warned of an "extraordinary development" taking place on a fault line that runs parallel to the fault that caused Tuesday's quake. Prof. Ahmet Mete Isikara advised residents of Bursa, Gemlik, Istanbul and the surrounding areas to spend tonight in the open. Isikara said that as of 6 p.m. local time (11 a.m. EDT), the observatory had recorded more than 100 tremors at short intervals. One measured 5.0 on the Richter scale and could hardly be called an aftershock, he said. By this afternoon, the official death toll had reached 6,866, and the number of injured was at least 30,000, the crisis desk in Ankara announced. Rescue workers in Adapazari today buried 963 people in a mass grave. They took pictures of the dead so that families could identify them later, the BBC reported. Late today, rescuers were still pulling bodies and survivors from the debris in devastated western cities and towns. Scores of bodies were still trapped under debris in the worst-hit towns of Golcuk and Izmit due to inadequate rescue and medical help. The screams of survivors could still be heard from under the collapsed buildings, said private NTV television. A 9-year-old girl, a woman and a man were taken out alive this morning from the debris of a seven-story building, some 56 hours after the first tremor struck on Tuesday night. Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit announced that the homeless would be sheltered in tent cities and a camp formerly used by Kosovar refugees. He acknowledged public criticism of the government's rescue management efforts but said all the country's resources had been mobilized, the BBC reported. Electricity was partially restored today in Izmit and Adapazari, but there was a severe water shortage in most of the northwestern region, according to the U.S. Agency for International Development. A fire at the state-owned Tupras oil refinery in Yarimca was still burning but was almost under control, said State Minister Yusel Yalova. German airplanes, and Turkish and Israeli helicopters, were dropping chemicals onto the blaze. Officials at the refinery declared "force majeure," meaning that the facility has suspended all activities. They said the fire could last for days, even if controlled. In an initial assessment of economic loss today, the business association Tusiad said the quake could cost $40 billion, the BBC reported. The quake-affected area accounts for around 35 percent of Turkey's gross domestic product, according to the USAID. The World Bank released $41.5 million in assistance and pledged $120 million in new loans. As of this morning, more than 1,000 rescuers from 21 countries were assisting in the rescue effort. An 80-member rescue team from the United States arrived in Istanbul on Wednesday night and left immediately for the devastated area. Today, the United States dispatched the USS Keersarge, carrying more than 2,000 Marines and outfitted as a floating hospital. The ship is scheduled to arrive Saturday. The United States is also sending firefighting personnel and aircraft, a humanitarian assistance team and a medical assessment team. The State Department today said five private U.S. citizens died in Izmit, two remain missing and two have been injured. Their names were not released. Throughout western Turkey, city morgues were overflowing, and officials were making urgent calls for the relatives to bury their dead. In Izmit, the morgue was full, and the remaining bodies were brought to an ice-skating rink to help slow decomposition. Residents of Golcuk, Yalova, Izmit, Adapazari, Bolu and some parts of Istanbul prepared to spend a third consecutive night in the open as aftershocks rattled the region. -- Copyright 1999 by United Press International. All rights reserved.

-- Roland (nottelling@nowhere.com), August 20, 1999.

Maybe old aL-d was right.

-- FLAME AWAY (BLehman202@aol.com), August 20, 1999.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A strong earthquake measuring 6.7 on the open ended Richter scale rocked the Central American nation of Costa Rica early Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

There was no immediate information on casualties or damage, a spokeswoman for the agency, based in Golden, Colo., told Reuters.

The quake struck at 4:02 a.m. with its epicenter 55 miles south of the capital, San Jose.

"We consider that to be a strong earthquake," the spokeswoman said.

She said the quake in Costa Rica was not connected with aftershocks from the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey Tuesday, measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale and killing more than 8,700 people.

-- Dog Gone (layinglow@rollover.now), August 20, 1999.

O.K....so what's the link to that St. Francis prediction thread?

-- Roland (nottelling@nohwere.com), August 20, 1999.

St. Francis predicted an earthquake would hit Guatemala or Yucatan...long way from Costa Rica. Also it would be DEVASTATING.

-- mo kidding (nokidding@nokidding.com), August 20, 1999.

here you go:

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fatch-msg.tcl?msg-id-001GFj

-- no kidding (nokidding@nokidding.com), August 20, 1999.

Well... this may qualify. The Northridge quake, as I recall, came in at around 6.7 will 11,000 homes/business damaged.

San Jose Mercury News -- Breaking News

Posted at 7:04 a.m. PDT Friday, August 20, 1999

Earthquake hits Costa Rica; no casualties

http:/ /www.mercurycenter.com/breaking/docs/007103.htm

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 shook Costa Rica early today. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

Don Blakeman, a geophysicist at the National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colo., said the earthquake occurred at 4:02 a.m. local time.

The epicenter was 55 miles south of San Jose, the capital.

Temblors of magnitude 6 can cause serious damage. Blakeman said he had no early reports of damage but ``wouldn't be at all surprised considering the magnitude'' if there was some damage.

A spokesman for the Costa Rican Red Cross, Mario Vequez, said the organization also had no reports of damages or injuries. Because of Costa Rica's vulnerability to frequent earthquakes, most buildings in the country are no more than three stories high, making them less prone to damage.

Officials at a hotel in Puerto Quepos, on the Pacific coast near the quake's epicenter, told the center they felt the temblor but suffered no damage.

The quake rattled almost the entire country and was felt strongly in villages along the Pacific coastline and the major cities in the central valley, where most of the 3.5 million people of the Central American country live.

Blakeman said he had no reports of the quake being felt in neighboring countries.

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), August 20, 1999.

St. Francis & Others -- Earthquake Prediction Threads

The earth will move with great force in the next 10 days

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 001FqX

It seems some of you might owe St. Francis an apology

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 001G6D

One for the Road

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id= 001GFj

A very dear friend has a lot of family in Costa Rica -- hope they are all right ;-(

Diane

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), August 20, 1999.

is mutha nature,speakiing to us?---is birth-stressfull?---does GOD speak thru-nature?

-- pondering. (dogs@zianet.com), August 20, 1999.

Maybe someone can help me out with where exactly the psychic St. Francis said Guatemala or the Yucatan? I can't find it, all I found was,

"Big Quake- I'm dropping Argentina. California Mexico Thailand still in the picture. This episode isn't over yet. Still 5 to 7 days from Yesterday But more like 3."

Anyway...I've got a bad feeling this isn't the quake they were speaking of.

Diane, my thoughts are with your friends.

Mike

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-- Michael Taylor (mtdesign3@aol.com), August 20, 1999.

Michael,

What I notice, since the truly "devastating" Turkey quake is that the planet seems more quake activated. Remember the plates are interconnected too... just like the rest of us... on many levels.

Y2K lessons to be learned here... should people choose to "get it."

Diane

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), August 20, 1999.

St. Francis

Sir or Mam...which ever the case may be.I do hope you read this. You have deffinately gotten my attention. And if you have any more "feelings" about an impending quake! Please post it! I sure am not going to flame you.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Shakey~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

-- Shakey (in_a_bunker@forty.feet), August 20, 1999.

can't recall exactly- but didn't St. francis state that he/she saw visions of people in the affected area and they had dark straight hair and somewhat dark skin?? Costa Ricans??

-- farmer (hillsidefarm@drbs.net), August 20, 1999.

I agree with Shakey.....post away ST. Francis.

-- Moore Dinty moore (not@thistime.com), August 21, 1999.

Here's the thread:

"One For the Road"

http://www.greenspun.com//bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg-id=001GFj

-- no kidding (nokidding@nokiddingg.com), August 21, 1999.

There are an average of 1200 earthquakes every year. We just don't hear about all of them. Now, with the situation in Turkey, the press has decided to jump on every quake that occurrs.

It's similar to what has happened on Yourdon's site. There are power outages regularly, the water and sewer plants have problems regularly....etc etc. You focus more on them when you pay attention to what's going on around you.

-- anti-chainsaw (treee@hugger.com), August 21, 1999.