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Costa Rica’s most historic earthquakes

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Wednesday afternoon, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake with an epicenter near the border with Panama rattled most of Costa Rica.
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Magnitude 6.0 earthquake shakes southern Costa Rica on Friday morning

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Costa Rica averages 350 earthquakes each month — about 12 each day — though most are imperceptible.
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Magnitude 5.4 earthquake rattles San José, Costa Rica on Saturday night

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Tectonic plates gave Costa Rica a decent Halloween scare on Saturday night as a magnitude 5.4 earthquake shook the capital.
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Magnitude 6.2 earthquake rattles Costa Rica on Monday afternoon

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A magnitude 5.97 earthquake shook Costa Rica on Monday afternoon.
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No damage, but plenty of interrupted sleep, as temblor shakes Costa Rica overnight

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A magnitude 4.9 earthquake shook Costa Rica early Sunday morning.
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Magnitude 7.5 earthquake shakes southern Mexico, prompting tsunami alert

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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.
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Magnitude 5.4 earthquake rattles Costa Rica on Friday night

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A magnitude 5.4 earthquake shook Costa Rica on Friday night.
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Costa Rica’s northwest shakes with magnitude 5.5 quake on Sunday

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A magnitude 5.5 earthquake shook Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula on Sunday.
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Central Valley of Costa Rica shakes with magnitude 5.4 quake

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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).
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Pair of tremors rattles Costa Rica on both coasts

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How did you sleep last night?
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Earthquake in Costa Rica was ‘un despiche total,’ Tico says

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The Cartago resident's dramatic report gave us all the chance to share a laugh. 
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Earthquakes felt across Costa Rica on Sunday

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Shaking was felt throughout the Puntarenas province and in the Greater Metropolitan Area.
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Saturday morning quake shakes Costa Rica

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The National Seismological Network reported a preliminary magnitude 5.1 quake, 12 kilometers west of Guapiles, at 8:12 a.m. this Saturday. 
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6 tweets that prove Costa Rica can find humor in anything – even an earthquake

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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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