5.8-magnitude quake hits South Sandwich Islands region -- GFZ-Xinhua

5.8-magnitude quake hits South Sandwich Islands region -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-05-21 07:14:30

BEIJING, May 21 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 jolted the South Sandwich Islands region at 2301 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 119.9 km, was initially determined to be at 56.11 degrees south latitude and 27.97 degrees west longitude.