Residents said the toppled trees, damaged roofs and roads in the coastal province of Guanacaste, near the earthquake epicenter split. 150km away, rushed into the streets in the capital San Jose.
A Red Cross spokesman said a man and a woman, after suffering a heart attack in the town of Filadelfia Nicoya, which is roughly 10km away from the epicenter, died.
Here in Nicoya, luckily we only very minor injuries, people with minor cuts seen - In view of the magnitude of the storm is nothing, "said the spokesman, Adolfo Saenz.
Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla said: "The most important thing is to stay calm, there is no great loss."
"So far, we are not victims," she said. "People were so scared ... We have had moderate quakes but an earthquake (the strongest) was not more than 50 years. '
A man has a heart attack died because of fear, Carlos Miranda, in the city of Liberia, said Red Cross worker
A preliminary review some structural damage near the epicenter, but no reports of injuries or deaths caused by earthquakes directly revealed, Douglas Salgado, Costa Rica's National Commission for Risk Prevention and Emergency care with a geographer said.He said a tsunami warning was called off to Costa Rica.
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