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People ride past a crack in the road after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake in Sinchona of Vara Blanca
09 Jan 2009
Source: Reuters
 
People ride past a crack in the road after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake in Sinchona of Vara Blanca, 70 km (50 miles) north of San Jose, January 9, 2009. Ten victims were buried when Thursday's quake triggered a landslide near the La Paz waterfall at Vara Blanca, on the flanks of the Poas Volcano, Red Cross spokesman Luis Guzman said. REUTERS/Roger Benavides (COSTA RICA)
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A helicopter leaves to rescue people from the zone of the epicenter of a 6.1-magnitude earthquake in Vara Blanca, 60 km (34 miles) north of San Jose, January 9, 2009. Ten ...


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