5.4-magnitude quake hits Balleny Islands Region -- GFZ-Xinhua

5.4-magnitude quake hits Balleny Islands Region -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-02-22 01:19:15

BEIJING, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 jolted Balleny Islands Region at 1701 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 63.31 degrees south latitude and 170.14 degrees east longitude.