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Powerful earthquake hits Costa Rica

2012-09-05 985 Dailymotion

A powerful earthquake rocked Costa Rica on Wednesday - damaging buildings and briefly triggering a tsunami warning.<br/> <br />A traffic camera captured the 7.6-magnitude quake... that has left at least 2 people dead and more than 20 injured.<br/> <br />Students and teachers at a school in the capital San Jose were quickly evacuated after the earthquake hit.<br/> <br />Teacher Carmen Madrigal.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Teacher Carmen Madrigal (Spanish)<br/> <br />"The movement, it was during recess. We started sounding an alarm we have and the children kept asking whether it was really happening and I said 'Yes, it's happening.' We managed to evacuate the whole school in about five minutes."<br/> <br />The U.S. Geological Survey said the epicenter of the quake was about 87 miles outside of San Jose - but, it was felt as far away as Nicaragua and Panama.

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