Urgent: 7.1-magnitude quake hits Drake Passage -- GFZ-Xinhua

Urgent: 7.1-magnitude quake hits Drake Passage -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2025-05-02 21:28:45

BEIJING, May 2 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 jolted Drake Passage at 1309 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 57.34 degrees south latitude and 67.57 degrees west longitude.