5.0-magnitude quake hits Peru-Ecuador border region -- GFZ-Xinhua

5.0-magnitude quake hits Peru-Ecuador border region -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-05-06 00:11:30

BEIJING, May 6 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted the Peru-Ecuador border region at 1558 GMT on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 3.61 degrees south latitude and 80.63 degrees west longitude.