5.1-magnitude quake hits South of Tonga Islands -- GFZ-Xinhua

5.1-magnitude quake hits South of Tonga Islands -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2023-09-16 16:32:15

BEIJING, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted South of Tonga Islands at 2306 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 24.27 degrees south latitude and 175.83 degrees west longitude.