A 7.6 magnitude earthquake rocked Costa Rica and a large portion of Central America today, causing damage and widespread panic but so far only two deaths—one from a heart attack, according to the Red Cross in Costa Rica. Since the narrow country has water on both sides—Caribbean Sea to the east, Pacific Ocean to the [...]
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