Urgent: 5.1-magnitude quake hits South of Kermadec Islands -- GFZ-Xinhua

Urgent: 5.1-magnitude quake hits South of Kermadec Islands -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-04-30 15:07:30

BEIJING, April 30 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted South of Kermadec Islands at 0640 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 32.38 degrees south latitude and 177.90 degrees west longitude.