Urgent: 5.1-magnitude quake hits South Sandwich Islands Region -- GFZ-Xinhua

Urgent: 5.1-magnitude quake hits South Sandwich Islands Region -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-09-28 05:47:30

BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted South Sandwich Islands Region at 2113 GMT on Sunday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 88.8 km, was initially determined to be at 59.22 degrees south latitude and 25.61 degrees west longitude. ■