5.3-magnitude quake hits South Sandwich Islands Region -- GFZ-Xinhua

5.3-magnitude quake hits South Sandwich Islands Region -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-06-20 05:32:00

BEIJING, June 20 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted South Sandwich Islands Region at 2108 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 59.10 degrees south latitude and 25.95 degrees west longitude.