5.7-magnitude quake hits South Sandwich Islands region -- GFZ-Xinhua

5.7-magnitude quake hits South Sandwich Islands region -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2025-12-18 01:22:00

BEIJING, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted the South Sandwich Islands region at 1705 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 58.62 degrees south latitude and 25.09 degrees west longitude.