%0 Journal Article
%T An¨¢lisis macros¨ªsmico del terremoto de Buena Vista de P¨¦rez Zeled¨®n, 3 de julio de 1983 (Ms = 6,1), Costa Rica
%A Mora
%A Mauricio M
%A Peraldo
%A Giovanni
%J Revista Geol¨®gica de Am¨¦rica Central
%D 2011
%I Universidad de Costa Rica
%X this research integrates information from documents and testimonies about the effects of the buenavista earthquake, july 3rd 1983 (ms = 6,1) in costa rica. from this documentation, it has been possible to reconstruct a local intensity map, and furthermore to understand the perception and social representations that the population draw as explanations about the earthquake source. maximum intensities occurred northward of rivas town (viii-ix), showing an elongated pattern striking nnw. the integration of all primary and secondary information which has been taken and analyzed, suggests a seismic source striking e-w or nw-se, located north of buenavista town. the social interpretations to explain the buenavista earthquake were focused on ¡°divine punishment¡± (¡°the final judgement¡±), volcanic activity or collapsing caverns.
%K seismicity
%K seismic intensity
%K seismic hazard
%K history
%K perception
%K vulnerability.
%U http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0256-70242011000100003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en