1st LD Writethru: 5.5-magnitude quake hits Near East Coast of Kamchatka -- GFZ-Xinhua

1st LD Writethru: 5.5-magnitude quake hits Near East Coast of Kamchatka -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2023-10-16 16:17:15

BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted Near East Coast of Kamchatka at 0648 GMT on Monday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 54 km, was initially determined to be at 53.43 degrees north latitude and 160.32 degrees east longitude.