5.9-magnitude quake hits south of Fiji Islands -- GFZ-Xinhua

5.9-magnitude quake hits south of Fiji Islands -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-05-13 05:31:00

BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 jolted south of Fiji Islands at 2119 GMT on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 173.3 km, was initially determined to be at 23.31 degrees south latitude and 176.16 degrees west longitude.