Urgent: 5.9-magnitude quake hits 50 km NNW of Barishal, Pakistan -- USGS-Xinhua

Urgent: 5.9-magnitude quake hits 50 km NNW of Barishal, Pakistan -- USGS

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-01-19 14:45:45

BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 jolted 50 km NNW of Barishal, Pakistan at 0621 GMT on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 35.0 km, was initially determined to be at 36.72 degrees north latitude and 74.44 degrees east longitude.