The Power of the Earthquake
An interesting comparison was made in today’s Diario Extra, one of Costa Rica’s Spanish language newspapers. It is the equivalent (in released power) of seventeen atomic bombs of the type dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. That sort of puts it into perspective huh?
If the quake had not occurred so deep in the earth, there probably would not even be much of a Costa Rica.
Rescue workers are still on the scenes searching for more bodies beneath the millions of tons of earth. At this point, six days after the event, it will be astonishing if any more bodies are found and a miracle if any are alive.
The death toll stands at about 21. I say “about” as different sources report different figures.
Earthquake experts are now saying that previously inactive faults in that area have become active and that is the cause of many aftershocks everyone is feeling. Most are pretty mild and felt only if you are sensitive to them, though sometime in the middle of the night, my wife and I were awakened feeling the bed rocking a bit. Certainly nothing like last week, but everyone is still on edge.
This will probably be my last post on the earthquake thing unless something really important comes up.
A list of all posts on this topic can be found here.
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