# Tech initiative and quakes

- Place: San José, Costa Rica (9.9281, -84.0907)
- Published: 2026-11-10T00:22:13.288Z · expires 2026-11-17T00:22:13.288Z
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- Page: https://emergencemachine.com/brief/a8t
- AI-written summary of the sources below; check them.

Cisco reports that unlicensed 6 GHz wireless power is arriving in Costa Rica, expanding spectrum access for tech infrastructure, per blogs.cisco.com.

The country is also seeing a series of minor earthquakes, including a magnitude 2.4 event 141 km south of San José on Nov 9, according to volcanodiscovery.com.

Meanwhile, a private initiative is launching to train high-tech and semiconductor talent in Costa Rica, as noted by thecostaricanews.com.

## Sources

- [Private Initiative to Train High-Tech and Semiconductor Talent in Costa Rica](https://thecostaricanews.com/private-initiative-to-train-high-tech-and-semiconductor-talent-in-costa-rica/) · thecostaricanews.com · 2026-11-08
- [The unlicensed highway: 6 GHz power comes to Costa Rica](https://blogs.cisco.com/networking/the-unlicensed-highway-6-ghz-power-comes-to-costa-rica) · blogs.cisco.com · 2026-11-09

## Open data shown on the globe

- M4.5 earthquake · USGS · plate boundaries: Bird 2003: 37 km deep · 2 d ago · 5 quakes nearby this week · check: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=2.9,-93.1&extent=16.9,-75.1&range=week