Urgent: 5.0-magnitude quake hits Banda Sea -- GFZ-Xinhua

Urgent: 5.0-magnitude quake hits Banda Sea -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-05-02 03:06:45

BEIJING, May 2 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted Banda Sea at 1852 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 146.8 km, was initially determined to be at 7.60 degrees south latitude and 128.45 degrees east longitude.