[18] Some 1,650 aftershocks occurred in the following five days, including one of 5.4 magnitude, or Mw 5.7 by USGS,[19] about 13 km southeast of Playa Sámara on September 8 at 20:29 UTC (14:29 local time), according to OVSICORI, with no further damage or casualties reported.

[25] There were reports of homes destroyed in the cantons of Hojancha, Nicoya, Nandayure, and Santa Cruz of the province of Guanacaste.

In the city center of San José, many people stopped working and grouped on the streets waiting for safety checks for the buildings.

[32] Power losses were reported in some areas in and around the capital city San José and in the Nicoya Peninsula and the Chira Island.

[35] Following the earthquake, the Ministry of Public Education announced that 56 schools in the country would have to be demolished and rebuilt at a preliminary cost of ₡3 billion (US$6 million).

The final bill will be higher, however, because many other schools suffered lesser damage which also requires repair.

[32] According to a preliminary estimation from the Costa Rican government, the earthquake caused a loss of about ₡22.36 billion (US$44.8 million).

[2] Facing the damage, the president of Costa Rica expressed the need of a loan from the World Bank.