A 2009 earthquake in Costa Rica was powerful enough to reshape local mountains
A powerful 6.1-magnitude earthquake near the Cinchona region in 2009 triggered massive landslides that permanently altered the lush topography of Costa Rica's northern mountains.
The Cinchona earthquake struck on January 8, 2009, sending shockwaves through the volcanic cordillera of northern Costa Rica. While the magnitude was recorded at 6.1, the shallow depth of the tremor caused intense surface shaking. This led to thousands of landslides that stripped entire mountainsides of their forests and buried the small town of Cinchona under debris.
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