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Tsunami Warning
Caused Panic in Costa Rica's
Pacific Coast
Thousands Without
Water After Truck Hits Watermain
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Tsunami Warning Caused
Panic in Costa Rica's
Pacific Coast
he possibility that a
tsunami could reach the
shores of Costa Rica,
sent thousands of people
scurrying to higher
ground from Playa del
Coco on the Northern
Pacific coast to Quepos
and Manuel Antonio,
following the 7.9
earthquake in Peru.
The alert came from the
Comisión Nacional de
Emergencias (CNE)
following the
announcement by the
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
that tsunami could
directly affect the
Pacific coasts of Peru,
Chile, Ecuador, Colombia
and also indirectly
affect the coasts of
Central America and
Mexico.
The announcement came at
7:15pm, half hour after
the Peru earthquake that
registered 7.9 on the
Richter scale.
The Tsunami was to have
hit the Costa Rican
coast at 9:45.
Hysteria and panic were
the result as the news
spread, the CNE asking
people to head for
higher ground.
The roads leading from
the Pacific coast to the
Central Valley were
collapsed under the
heavy traffic flowing
out of the coastal
regions. Restaurant and
hotel owners complained
of people skipping out
on their check.
The panic turned to calm
after the alert was
lifted, following the
confirmation by Sivlia
Chacón, an oceanographer
for the Universidad
Nacional, working in
collaboration with the
NOAA, that there was no
longer the risk of a
tsunami.
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