5.6-magnitude quake hits Scotia Sea -- GFZ-Xinhua

5.6-magnitude quake hits Scotia Sea -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-07-19 04:02:00

BEIJING, July 19 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted the Scotia Sea at 1950 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 60.68 degrees south latitude and 50.98 degrees west longitude.