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In February 1912,an earthquake destroyed Tres Rios, the place which had witnessed M. Christine's spiritual experience.

Sionian Letter from San José, March 1912 :

Who would have thought that our dear little Tres Rios, which was so cheerful and full of laughter, was living its last days! For since the big earthquakes in 1910, relative calm had led us to believe that everything had returned to an orderly existence in the world of volcanoes! [,,,] We were sound asleep when, during the night of February 21, the eve of Ash Wednesday, we were thrown out of our beds at 2 a.m. by a tremendous jolt, which lasted a similar length of time as that of April 13 to 14, 1910, but which was not quite as strong.

During the course of the morning, we had just barely finished noting the damage done to the house, when two sisters, who had been sent to Tres Rios by our Mother (M.Christine) to see what had happened, returned from there dismayed. […] Our poor little house, which had just been repaired and totally renovated at the beginning of the holidays, was totally destroyed! Considering the x's and y's in all directions on the walls, it seems that destruction raged; not one spot remained intact, enormous openings two or three square meters large enabled one to see the inside of the rooms, blankets, furniture, etc. Our Mother's room was one of the worst affected; her bed was covered with enormous bricks, where the statue of Our Lady of Lourdes, which had been put there before our departure, lay in pieces, and her painting canvasses were in a terrible state, full of holes. In the kitchen, the stove had come loose and been turned on its side; the chapel - above all the dear little chapel - was in desolate condition. In short, everywhere you could see destruction and ruin.

Sionian Letter from San José, June 1912 (written by M. Christine) :

The earthquakes are almost constant. And even though we are gradually getting used to it, like to everything here, nevertheless, from time to time there is a stronger jolt, which raises alarm and causes panic. Thus, during the night before the feast of Corpus Christi, there was again a terrible catastrophe in the Poas area, destroying several villages and causing the death of some thirty people. All this seems like a warning from heaven.