Saturday, September 8, 2012

Costa Rica Earthquake Leaves Only One Dead—Of a Heart Attack

24 km (14 miles) SE of Santa Cruz, Costa Rica 47 km (29 miles) SW of Canas, Costa Rica 55 km (34 miles) S of Liberia, Costa Rica. Location Uncertainty, horizontal +/- 20.2 km (12.6 miles); depth +/- 6.6 km (4.1 miles)But Costa Rica suffered remarkably little damage from Wednesday's magnitude-7.6 quake — a few blocked highways, some collapsed houses and one death, of a heart attack caused by fright. Officials credited the relatively deep location of the quake andCosta Rica, in need of a goal at home, threw on striker Randall Brenes for former Chivas USA defender Michael Umaña. It nearly paid off immediately when Brenes won a header in the box, sending the ball just inches wide of the post with Jesus Corona84 km (52 miles) WSW (243°) from SAN JOSE, Costa Rica; 136 km (85 miles) SE (145°) from Liberia, Costa Rica; 164 km (102 miles) S (179°) from San Carlos, Nicaragua. Location Uncertainty, horizontal +/- 16.6 km (10.3Crowds of people ran out of homes and workplaces into the streets during the Costa Rica earthquake on Wednesday, searching for loved ones and a safe place to wait it out. The 7.6-magnitude quake did not cause the same sort of damage it could have in
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