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

2026-11-02 01:26:46

BEIJING, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted South Sandwich Islands Region at 1711 GMT on Sunday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 107.4 km, was initially determined to be at 56.16 degrees south latitude and 27.07 degrees west longitude. ■