5.2-magnitude quake hits South Sandwich Islands Region -- GFZ-Xinhua

5.2-magnitude quake hits South Sandwich Islands Region -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-06-18 05:01:15

BEIJING, June 18 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted South Sandwich Islands Region at 1948 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 55.78 degrees south latitude and 26.14 degrees west longitude.