Powerful quake hits Costa Rica, two dead

When Charles Brewer was shown the piece of land in Guanacaste province, Costa Rica, in 2006, he knew immediately it was what he had been looking for. Located on the Central American nation's Pacific coast, it consists of 1,200 acres of rolling hills11 km (6 miles) ESE of Nicoya, Costa Rica 30 km (18 miles) ESE of Santa Cruz, Costa Rica 44 km (27 miles) SW of Canas, Costa Rica. Location Uncertainty, horizontal +/- 13.6 km (8.5 miles); depth +/- 6.2 km (3.9 miles)NOSARA, Costa Rica (AP) — A powerful, magnitude-7.6 earthquake shook Costa Rica and a wide swath of Central America on

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