5.6-magnitude quake hits Kuril Islands -- GFZ-Xinhua

5.6-magnitude quake hits Kuril Islands -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2025-12-08 00:49:30

BEIJING, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted Kuril Islands at 1634 GMT on Sunday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 50.29 degrees north latitude and 156.79 degrees east longitude.