5.0-magnitude quake hits Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge -- GFZ-Xinhua

5.0-magnitude quake hits Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-07-17 04:31:00

BEIJING, July 17 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 2002 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 14.38 degrees south latitude and 16.7 degrees west longitude.