1st LD Writethru: 5.5-magnitude quake hits Tonga Islands -- GFZ-Xinhua

1st LD Writethru: 5.5-magnitude quake hits Tonga Islands -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2024-01-09 16:29:47

BEIJING, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted Tonga Islands at 0753 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 20.69 degrees south latitude and 173.74 degrees west longitude.