Urgent: 5.9-magnitude quake hits Costa Rica -- GFZ

BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 jolted Costa Rica at 0357 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 9.27 degrees north latitude and 84.39 degrees west longitude. ■