5.0-magnitude quake hits southern Peru -- GFZ-Xinhua

5.0-magnitude quake hits southern Peru -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-06-18 00:57:00

BEIJING, June 18 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted southern Peru at 1637 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 141.7 km, was initially determined to be at 15.97 degrees south latitude and 71.59 degrees west longitude.