Urgent: 5.3-magnitude quake hits 101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska -- USGS-Xinhua

Urgent: 5.3-magnitude quake hits 101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska -- USGS

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2025-07-17 12:41:00

BEIJING, July 17 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted 101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska at 0430 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 32.0 km, was initially determined to be at 54.48 degrees north latitude and 159.95 degrees west longitude.