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Earthquake Shakes Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast
Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck offshore from Quepos on Wednesday afternoon.
- Costa Rica’s Ovsicori-UNA reported the event and released the initial details.
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake shook waters off Quepos on Wednesday afternoon, according to Costa Rica’s Ovsicori-UNA.
The observatory reported the tremor during the afternoon. The report identified the Pacific location but provided no further details in the available information.
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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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