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

2026-08-24 01:40:45

BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted South Sandwich Islands Region at 1723 GMT on Sunday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 58.66 degrees south latitude and 25.06 degrees west longitude.