The Laboratorio de Igeniería Sísmica de la Universidad de Costa Rica reported a 5.8 magnitude earthquake at 6:29am, with its epicenter some 68.3 kilometers off cabos Velas de Santa Cruz.

The USGS reports the magnitude at 6.0.

According to the National Volcanological and Seismological Observatory (Ovsicori), at 6:35am there was another earthquake with a magnitude of 3.8, 39 km to the southwest of Manzanillo Santa Cruz de Guanacaste.

So far there have been no reports of injuries or fatalities, nor property damage.

Article by QCostaRica.com