5.6-magnitude quake hits Tonga Islands -- GFZ-Xinhua

5.6-magnitude quake hits Tonga Islands -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-05-11 00:59:00

BEIJING, May 11 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted Tonga Islands at 1641 GMT on Sunday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 16.99 degrees south latitude and 173.46 degrees west longitude.