Urgent: 5.9-magnitude quake hits Western Caroline Islands -- GFZ-Xinhua

Urgent: 5.9-magnitude quake hits Western Caroline Islands -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-07-31 02:12:45

BEIJING, July 31 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 jolted Western Caroline Islands, Micronesia at 1756 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 74 km, was initially determined to be at 11.61 degrees north latitude and 139.12 degrees east longitude.