Urgent: 5.2-magnitude quake hits South Sandwich Islands Region -- GFZ-Xinhua

Urgent: 5.2-magnitude quake hits South Sandwich Islands Region -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-06-30 08:41:45

BEIJING, June 30 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted South Sandwich Islands Region at 0015 GMT on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 55.49 degrees south latitude and 27.08 degrees west longitude. ■