ticos

Tico/a(s): Costa Rican(s). The name comes from the Costa Ricans' custom of frequently using the diminutive in their speech, (e.g., "momentico,"), formed by adding the variant "tico" to the end of words.

Friday, September 17, 2010

Little earthquake

We had an earthquake here in Costa Rica yesterday. The epicenter was in Puntarenas, which is about 250km from where I am, but one of the volunteers who works outside our town said she could feel the ground shake. I didn't feel anything, but with all the kids running around at my daycare, the ground is always shaking. You can read the USGS report here, and there's also an article on Earthquake Report.

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