Urgent: 5.3-magnitude quake hits South Sandwich Islands region -- USGS-Xinhua

Urgent: 5.3-magnitude quake hits South Sandwich Islands region -- USGS

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2025-06-15 11:42:00

BEIJING, June 15 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted South Sandwich Islands region at 0318 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 55.89 degrees south latitude and 26.60 degrees west longitude.