A 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit Costa Rica on Wednesday. Despite
this the country was pretty much unscathed. There was only one death that was a
heart attack caused by the fright of the earthquake. This has been the most severe
earthquake in Costa Rica in over two decades. The damage was mostly just a few
blocked highways and some collapsed houses. Twenty people were injured and 203
people were temporarily placed in emergency shelters. A San Jose resident said
about the earthquakes start that, “Immediately, I saw dozens of people running out of their homes and
office buildings.” The quake was felt from all the way as Panama and Nicaragua.
The purpose of this article is to inform. The author
creates an image of people scrambling to find their families after the quake.
The author even quotes people who were actually in the earthquake. The article also
tells some of the basic facts about the earthquakes. It also tells about how
many earthquakes occur in Costa Rica. The end of the article closes with the president of the national College
of Architecture and Engineering assuring people that Costa Rica is well
prepared for earthquakes.
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