Urgent: 5.1-magnitude quake hits Kyushu, Japan -- GFZ-Xinhua

Urgent: 5.1-magnitude quake hits Kyushu, Japan -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua| 2026-07-17 06:07:30|Editor: huaxia

BEIJING, July 17 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted Kyushu, Japan at 2149 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 30.79 degrees north latitude and 131.39 degrees east longitude.

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