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Did Costa Rica and Central America experience a tsunami?

By Alex Espir

Following the devastating Chilean Earthquake at the end of February, the Pacific wide tsunami warning was issued. As many of us headed for higher ground, and the ocean emptied for surfers, did a tsunami actually arrive at the coastline here in Costa Rica?

The Tsunamis reached only 4 feet (1.2 meters) in Japan and 6.5 feet (2 meters) in the South Pacific islands around New Zealand. As a result of the location of the earthquake; in a relatively shallow part of the pacific, the tsunami waves diminished in size and power as they spread away from the centre. The predictions where for a small tsunami wave like those experienced in Hawaii and Japan and New Zealand. Small waves were recorded in the Harbors of Los Angeles.

So it is likely that we did experience a Tsunami wave here in Costa Rica, but it was likely too small to detect. It may have represented its self as a slightly larger set of waves during normal surfing conditions. Such as was probably hardly noticeable. But it did happen!

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