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Flooding, ashfall, strong winds top Costa Rica’s natural disaster list this year

The Tico Times takes a look back at some of the natural disasters that hit Costa Rica and made headlines over the course of 2016.

Earthquake in Cartago damaged dozens of houses

The Red Cross confirmed that as of Thursday noon, the organization had not received any reports of injured people for the earthquake, but 15 people were evacuated to a shelter.

Earthquake jolts five provinces in Costa Rica

The National University's Volcanological Observatory of Costa Rica also reported at least four aftershocks of smaller magnitudes.

Mag-4.5 earthquake rattles Costa Rica’s Central Valley

The quake could be felt in the capital, San José. There were no reports of injuries or damage at this posting but an temblor with a magnitude of 4.5 has the potential to cause moderate damage.

Series of small earthquakes rattles Costa Rica’s Central Valley

Central Valley residents hoping to sleep in Saturday morning were shook awake by a series of small earthquakes.

Earthquake simulator becomes a tourism attraction in Costa Rica’s old colonial capital

Ever wonder what it was like to live through one of Costa Rica's most fearsome earthquakes? A new educational project and tourist attraction in Cartago, the old colonial capital east of San José, gives you just that opportunity.

Two moderate earthquakes rattle Costa Rica

A magnitude-4.6 earthquake, followed by a magnitude-2.8 earthquake, jolted residents of Cartago and San José provinces Saturday morning.

Officials in Costa Rica’s capital ‘evacuate’ 60,000 people during earthquake drill

Employees of the National Insurance Institute at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3 leave their offices in downtown San José to move to a...

Costa Rica’s capital to run earthquake drill Thursday

Nearly 60,000 people in over 90 buildings in downtown San José will be evacuated in a drill Thursday to test the country's preparation for an earthquake with an epicenter located near the capital.

Magnitude 4.4-earthquake shakes Siquirres, Costa Rica

The temblor could be felt across Limón, Cartago, northern Heredia and the southern end of San José province, according to intensity reports from the Seismic Engineering Laboratory.

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