A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 shook Costa Rica on Sunday night, knocking items from shelves and sending people rushing outside in panic. The country's Public Safety Ministry said it had reports of two serious injuries as a result of the quake, but did not provide additional details. Magdalena Lopez, who lives in Jaco, said the tremor started softly, but quickly strengthened. "When we were trying to get out of the house it started to shake again very strongly," she said. In front of my house there is an overlook some people started to go up, but it quickly started to shake again."

Source: ABC News November 13, 2017 03:21 UTC