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The country's Public Safety Ministry said there were reports of two serious injuries as a result of the quake, but did not provide additional details.
Electricity was knocked out in some areas as power lines and poles fell, but there were no reports of major infrastructure damage from the tremor, which hit in a lightly populated area on the Pacific Coast. The government reported some rockslides obstructing highways near the epicenter.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake was centered about 10 miles (15 kilometers) southeast of the town of Jaco, which is about 60 (100 kilometers) miles southwest of the capital, San Jose. The quake was at a depth of about 12 miles (20 kilometers).
Comment: Dozens of record low temperatures have been recorded in the past few days across the US Northeast and Midwest while New York City set a 103 year old cold record.