6.1-magnitude quake hits northern Molucca Sea: GFZ-Xinhua

6.1-magnitude quake hits northern Molucca Sea: GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2025-07-26 05:51:30

BEIJING, July 26 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted the northern Molucca Sea in the western Pacific Ocean at 21:30:01 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 131.4 km, was initially determined to be at 1.98 degrees north latitude and 126.87 degrees east longitude.