Strong Earthquake Hits Off Coast Of Costa Rica

KUALA LUMPUR, A strong earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale occurred near the Off Coast of Costa Rica at 1.43 am today.

The Malaysian Meteorological Department, in a statement, said the quake epicentre was located at latitude 10.6° north and longitude 86.1° west with a depth of 62 kilometres (km), 1,601 km southeast of Puebla, Mexico.

‘No tsunami threat to Malaysia,’ it said.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

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