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Costa Rica Rocked by Magnitude-7.6 Earthquake

Sep. 5, 2012 11:31am Erica Ritz

(TheBlaze/AP) – A powerful, magnitude-7.6 earthquake shook Costa Rica and a wide swath of Central America on Wednesday. There were no immediate accounts of injuries, but communications were down in many areas.

The USGS said the 8:42 a.m. quake struck about 38 miles (60 kilometers) from the town of Liberia and 88 miles (141 kilometers) west of the capital, San Jose. It was centered about 25 miles (41 kilometers) below the surface. The magnitude initially was estimated at 7.9.

In the coastal town of Nosara in northwest Costa Rica, trees shook violently and light posts swayed. Teachers chased primary school students outside.

“Everybody is crying a lot and the telephone lines are saturated,” said Diana Salas, a worker at the Hotel Punta Islita in the Guanacaste area, speaking by telephone, but she said was no damage there

Costa Rica Hit With Magnitude 7.9 Earthquake

(Photo:USGS)

A tsunami warning was in effect for Costa Rica, Panama and Nicaragua, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said in a bulletin. It said it was unknown if a tsunami was generated, but the warning was based on the size of the earthquake.

“Earthquakes of this size have the potential to generate a widespread destructive tsunami that can affect coastlines across the entire Caribbean region,” the warning center explained.

The USGS added that “overall, the population in this region resides in structures that are vulnerable to earthquake shaking, though some resistant structures exist.”

“The predominant vulnerable building types are adobe block and mud wall construction,” it said.

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paulwbrown
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 4:18pm
I spent a week there and have lived in several others countries south of the border. Costa Rica is a real standout / exceptional country in all of Central and South America. I wish them well.
PS: Love Costa Rican coffee, even more than Colombia coffee, a country I lived in for two years.

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just happy
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 1:17pm
another place we can exercise Charity. Thank you and Bless you all

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mlimberg
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 1:17pm
My wife just talked to her mother, she is from San Ramon, a TICA…. lots of things falling and San Ramon is without electricity or water… but Skype works via the internet…

San Ramon was roughly 40 miles from the epicenter….

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dsind
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:42am
Hope they are Ok down there!
That’s one of my options for a new country to move to if Obama is re-elected.

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- loriann12
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 12:14pm
  I believe they have socialized medicine also. I have a frend who went back to take care of his dad several years back because his dad had prostate cancer.
  
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- thegreatcarnac
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 12:32pm
  I was thinking of moving there too..I’ve been brushing up on my Spanish.
  
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chips1
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:39am
Obama is doing this on purpose just to scare people into voting for him.

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kickagrandma
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:38am
Please pray for CR. It was our home for many, many years.

DIOS, POR FAVOR, BENDICE LOS TICOS Y EL PAIS EN EL NOMBRE SOBRE TODO, JESUS CRISTO, amen.

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