5.9-magnitude quake hits Northern Molucca Sea -- GFZ-Xinhua

5.9-magnitude quake hits Northern Molucca Sea -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-05-22 09:20:30

HONG KONG, May 22 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 jolted Northern Molucca Sea at 0105 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 0.90 degrees north latitude and 126.16 degrees east longitude.