Urgent: 5.5-magnitude quake hits Loyalty Islands -- GFZ-Xinhua

Urgent: 5.5-magnitude quake hits Loyalty Islands -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-09-26 09:30:45

BEIJING, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted Loyalty Islands at 0110 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 21.06 degrees south latitude and 168.83 degrees east longitude. ■