Urgent: 6.3-magnitude quake hits Kuril Islands -- GFZ-Xinhua

Urgent: 6.3-magnitude quake hits Kuril Islands -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-07-03 16:41:15

BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 jolted Kuril Islands at 0822 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 34.0 km, was initially determined to be at 48.32 degrees north latitude and 154.30 degrees east longitude.