5.0-magnitude quake hits Leeward Islands -- GFZ-Xinhua

5.0-magnitude quake hits Leeward Islands -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-03-20 07:00:45

BEIJING, March 20 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted Leeward Islands at 2246 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 18.95 degrees north latitude and 62.44 degrees west longitude.