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Spanish to English: 7.6 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Costa Rica General field: Other Detailed field: Journalism
Source text - Spanish Sismo de magnitud 7,6 sacude Costa Rica
(CNNEspañol.com) – Un terremoto de magnitud 7,6 sacudió Costa Rica, según el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés). Inicialmente se indicó que el sismo fue de 7,9.
El epicentro ocurrió 8 kilómteros al noreste de Sámara, en Guanacaste ubicado en el pacífico norte de Costa Rica y tuvo una profundidad de 20 kilómetros. Desde Nicaragua y Panamá se reporta que el temblor también se sintió.
Tras el fuerte sismo se declaró la alerta de tsunami para una vasta región desde Centroamérica hasta Brasil y todo el Caribe, pero luego fue desactivada.
Al menos 25 réplicas fuertes se sintieron tras el terremoto de magnitud 7,9, el más fuerte en Costa Rica desde 1991, según la Cruz Roja.
El sismo se sintió poco después de las 8:45 a. m. y se reportó con mucha fuerza en todo el Valle Central. Un funcionario del laboratorio de ingeniería sísmica de la Universidad de Costa Rica dijo que después del sismo fallaron las comunicaciones.
En San José, la capital de Costa Rica, se registraron daños leves, como vidrios rotos, según funcionarios de emergencia entrevistados por CNN en Español.
"Se ha sentido muy fuerte en todo el territorio nacional", informó Reinaldo Carballo, funcionario de la Comisión Nacional de Emergencias.
Según Carballo, algunos hospitales están siendo evacuados de manera preventiva.
En las redes sociales de CNN en Español recibimos numerosos testimonios
Eugenia Villalobos, residente de San José, nos dijo a través de Facebook que "en Costa Rica tiembla bastante, así que al principio no me asusté. Los miércoles trabajo en casa, y estaba en el segundo piso – donde se siente más (pero al menos no estaba en la oficina que es un edificio). Al pasar los primeros segundos se empezó a mover más fuerte y se empezaron a caer cosas de los estantes (libros, adornos, etc.). En ese momento sentí que me daba un infarto y lo único que hacía era pensar en los niños que estaban en la escuela. Es un sentimiento de impotencia porque realmente no puedes hacer nada más que esperar a que pase y rezar.
Javier Valverde, un residente de la región de Guanacaste, dijo que los hoteles de Playa Langosta evacuan a los huéspedes para trasladarlos a zonas altas después del aviso de tsunami.
Valverde dijo que en la zona donde él se encuentra no hay electricidad.
"Al parecer los daños por ahora reportados son menores a los que se podrían haber esperado", informó Marino Protti, investigador del Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica, en una conferencia desde la Universidad de Costa Rica.
"Lo que se recomienda es sentido común, lo recomendable es alejarnos de la costa", dijo Protti, quien estimó la magnitud del sismo en entre 7,7 y 7,9 grados. También advirtió sobre réplicas.
"Los daños que tenemos reportados fueron en Santa Cruz; estamos esperando reportes más concretos", dijo. Hubo "mucha caída de objetos, es muy probable que en supermercados la estantería se haya caído", agregó.
El director del OVSICORI, Victor Rodríguez le dio recomendaciones a la población luego del temblor en el país:
En tanto, el Centro de Avisos de Tsunamis con sede en Hawai redujo la alerta de tsunami solo a Costa Rica, Panamá y Nicaragua, después de una aviso que se extendía a El Salvador, Honduras, México, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala y Perú.
“Los sismos de esta magnitud tienen el potencial para generar un tsunami destructivo que puede afectar a las costas cercanas al epicentro en minutos y costas más distantes en horas”, según el centro.
En Panamá, el sismo se sintió con fuerza, según Arturo Alvarado, director de Protección Civil de Panamá, quien recomendó a residentes alejarse de zonas costeras durante las próximas horas.
Translation - English 7.6 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Costa Rica
A 7.6 magnitude earthquake shook Costa Rica, according to the United States Geological Service. Initially, the earthquake was indicated to be a magnitude 7.9.
The epicenter occurred 8 kilometers to the in Guanacaste, which is located 8 kilometers northeast of Samara in the Pacific north of Costa Rica, and had a depth of 20 kilometers. The tremors were also felt in Nicaragua and Panama.
Following the powerful earthquake, a tsunami warning was issued for a vast region ranging from Central America to Brazil and the entire Caribbean; however the warning was later called off.
At least 25 strong aftershocks were felt since the initial 7.9 magnitude earthquake, which is the strongest earthquake reported in Costa Rica since 1991, according to the Red Cross.
The earthquake was first felt shortly after 8:45 A.M. and was felt powerfully throughout the entire Central Valley. A functionary of the seismic engineering lab at the University of Costa Rica said that after the earthquake communications failed.
In San Jose, Costa Rica’s capital, minor damage was reported, such as broken windows, according to emergency personnel interviewed by CNN en español.
“It was felt strongly throughout the entire national territory,” informed Reinaldo Carballo, functionary of the National Commission of Emergencies.
According to Carballo, some hospitals are being evacuated as a preventative measure.
On CNN’s social networks we are receiving numerous testimonies.
Eugenia Villalobos, resident of San Jose, told us via Facebook that “in Costa Rica it shakes frequently, so at first I wasn’t afraid. On Wednesdays I work at home, and I was on the 3rd floor, where you feel it more (but at least I wasn’t at the office which is in a taller building). After the first moments had passed, it started to shake more violently and things started to fall off the shelves (books, adornments, etc.). In that moment I felt like I was having a heart attack, and the only thing I did was think about the children at school. It was a feeling of powerlessness, because you really can’t do anything except wait for it to stop and pray.
Javier Valverde, a resident of the Guanacaste region, said that the hotels along the Lobster Beach evacuated their guests so as to move them to higher ground after the tsunami warning was issued.
Valverde says that there is no electricity where he is located currently.
“The damage reported so far seems to be minor compared to what they could have been,” informed Marino Protti, investigator from the Volcanology and Seismology Observatory of Costa Rica, in a conference at the University of Costa Rica.
“What is recommended is common sense, which is to move away from the coast,” said Protti, who estimated the magnitude to be between 7.7 and 7.9. He also warned of aftershocks.
The damage reports that we have are from Santa Cruz; we are waiting for more concrete reports,” he said. There were “many falling objects, it is very likely that the shelves have fallen down in the supermarkets”, he added.
The director of the OVSICORI, Victor Rodriguez, gave recommendations to the general population after the tremors in the country:
The Center for Tsunamis Warnings based in Hawaii reduced the tsunami warning to just Costa Rica, Panama, and Nicaragua, after the warning that extended to El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Peru.
“Earthquakes of this magnitude have the potential to generate a destructive tsunami that can affect in minutes the coasts that are close to the epicenter, and can affect distant coastlines in hours”, according to the center.
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My name is Jesse Buell. I am a Spanish and International Affairs major at the University of New Hampshire. I am also minoring in Mandarin Chinese.
I started studying Spanish in 2004 as a freshman in high school, and I just never stopped. I spent the academic year 2009-2010 in Valencia, Spain. I met a Spanish girl there, and we have been together ever since. As a result, I make fairly frequent trips to Spain, as finances allow.
I started studying Mandarin my freshman year of college, and spent the academic year 2011-2012 in Chengdu, Sichuan province, which is located in the southwest of China. As I write this, I am preparing to go back to Chengdu, and will be there until June 30th, 2013.
I have not yet graduated from college because I keep leaving the country. After this year in China, I have one final year to finish up and then I'll have a B.A. in Spanish language and International Affairs.
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