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USGS: Major Earthquake Hits Costa Rica; Tsunami Warning Issued -- NBC
Updated at 12:17 p.m. ET: A major earthquake hit northwestern Costa Rica on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
The quake — initially rated at magnitude 7.9 but then revised to 7.6 — struck at 10:42 a.m. ET at a depth of about 25 miles about 7 miles southeast of Nicoya, a town of 15,000 people on a Pacific coastal area about 90 miles from the capital, San Jose.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued tsunami warnings for Costa Rica, Panama and Nicaragua after initially having issued warnings for a much larger area.
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