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Costa Rica’s most historic earthquakes

Wednesday afternoon, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake with an epicenter near the border with Panama rattled most of Costa Rica.

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake shakes southern Costa Rica on Friday morning

Costa Rica averages 350 earthquakes each month — about 12 each day — though most are imperceptible.

Magnitude 5.4 earthquake rattles San José, Costa Rica on Saturday night

Tectonic plates gave Costa Rica a decent Halloween scare on Saturday night as a magnitude 5.4 earthquake shook the capital.

Magnitude 6.2 earthquake rattles Costa Rica on Monday afternoon

A magnitude 5.97 earthquake shook Costa Rica on Monday afternoon.

No damage, but plenty of interrupted sleep, as temblor shakes Costa Rica overnight

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake shook Costa Rica early Sunday morning.

Magnitude 7.5 earthquake shakes southern Mexico, prompting tsunami alert

The US government issued a tsunami warning for the Pacific coast of Mexico and Central and South America. Costa Rica is not at risk, the National Emergency Commission said.

Magnitude 5.4 earthquake rattles Costa Rica on Friday night

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake shook Costa Rica on Friday night.

Costa Rica’s northwest shakes with magnitude 5.5 quake on Sunday

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake shook Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula on Sunday.

Central Valley of Costa Rica shakes with magnitude 5.4 quake

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake shook much of Costa Rica at 7:33 p.m., according to preliminary data from the National Seismological Network (RSN).

Pair of tremors rattles Costa Rica on both coasts

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Earthquake in Costa Rica was ‘un despiche total,’ Tico says

The Cartago resident's dramatic report gave us all the chance to share a laugh. 

Earthquakes felt across Costa Rica on Sunday

Shaking was felt throughout the Puntarenas province and in the Greater Metropolitan Area.

Saturday morning quake shakes Costa Rica

The National Seismological Network reported a preliminary magnitude 5.1 quake, 12 kilometers west of Guapiles, at 8:12 a.m. this Saturday. 

6 tweets that prove Costa Rica can find humor in anything – even an earthquake

What we might call "gallows humor" in English is a fine art in Costa Rica, and earthquakes put this on display.
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