5.0-magnitude quake hits near south coast of Myanmar -- GFZ-Xinhua

5.0-magnitude quake hits near south coast of Myanmar -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2025-08-31 01:26:45

BEIJING, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted near the southern coast of Myanmar at 1705 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 15.44 degrees north latitude and 96.43 degrees east longitude.