An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale struck an area located about 94 kilometers southwest of the city of Tamarindo in Costa Rica, according to the US Geological Survey.
The earthquake occurred at 12:55 a.m. Thursday, local time, at a depth of 8 kilometers below the surface of the earth, according to the German News Agency.
The epicenter of the earthquake was located at 9.753 degrees north and 86.506 degrees west.
Hurricane Polo struck the Pacific coast of Mexico on Tuesday morning, with winds reaching speeds of 175 kilometers per hour, while the streets of the town of Puerto San Carlos were flooded with water and electricity was cut off, amid warnings of life-threatening winds and flash floods.
“Polo” was accompanied by winds reaching speeds of 175 kilometers per hour, according to what was reported by “Agence France-Presse.”
The state of Baja California Sur is one of the regions in Mexico most vulnerable to hurricanes, but residents fear a particularly severe season due to the El Niño phenomenon.
As the hurricane approached, the winds intensified, whistling heralding more violent gusts, and began bending palm trees, according to what a team from Agence France-Presse saw in Puerto San Carlos.
The electricity went out shortly after that, and the town remained immersed in darkness as night fell.
The US National Hurricane Center warned on Monday of the possibility of “potentially fatal winds and flash floods” in Baja California Sur, while authorities ordered residents to take shelter starting at three in the afternoon local time (22:00 GMT).
Puerto San Carlos is a fishing village with a population of about six thousand people, and depends mainly on tourism related to whale watching.
On Monday, Argentine President Javier Milley threatened to sue the United Kingdom over an oil project off the Falkland Islands, whose sovereignty is disputed by the United Kingdom and Argentina.
Britain and Argentina fought a war over the islands in 1982, resulting in the deaths of 649 Argentines, 255 Britons, and three islanders.
The British companies Rockhopper Exploration and Navitas Petroleum, the Israeli companies developing the oil field off the Falkland Islands, ignored Argentine threats, confirming that they possess valid exploration licenses issued by the United Kingdom. The project is called “Sea Line,” according to what was reported by Agence France-Presse.
Milley said, in a post on the “X” platform: “I have instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and our legal teams to initiate arbitration proceedings against the United Kingdom, due to the illegal plunder of our resources through the (Sea Line) project in the North Falkland Basin.”
The Sea Line oil field is located about 220 kilometers from the islands.
The Argentine president added: “If the United Kingdom does not stop the illegal exploitation within two weeks, we will go to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.”
Milley's government had already initiated legal measures against the project permitted by Britain, considering that it violates a United Nations resolution calling on the two parties to refrain from taking unilateral measures on the islands until the dispute is resolved.
Buenos Aires is clinging to its claim to sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, especially since US President Donald Trump announced that Washington is open to reviewing the position of neutrality it adopts regarding the ongoing conflict between Argentina and Britain.
On the other hand, the British government affirmed its support for companies operating near the Falkland Islands, considering that they have “the right to develop their natural resources in the way they see fit.”
On Monday, representatives of the Falkland Islands business sector arrived in the city of Punta Arenas in Chile to relaunch a shipping line between the two ports.
Deputy Director of Economic Development in the Falkland Islands, Louise Ellis, told Agence France-Presse in Punta Arenas that the new shipping line is “not at all related” to transporting the vital cargo needed for the “Sea Line” project.
She added: “This project (the new route) began before the (Sea Line) project, and was always linked to what the Falkland Islands and their local communities needed.”
The line is scheduled to be launched later this year, after stopping it in the first decade of the millennium, after it was deemed economically unviable, and will be used mainly to transport building materials and food products.
