Urgent: 5.5-magnitude quake hits Kermadec Islands Region -- GFZ-Xinhua

Urgent: 5.5-magnitude quake hits Kermadec Islands Region -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-05-07 17:21:15

BEIJING, May 7 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted Kermadec Islands Region at 0853 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 27.58 degrees south latitude and 175.82 degrees west longitude.