Urgent: 5.3-magnitude quake hits Kuril Islands -- GFZ-Xinhua

Urgent: 5.3-magnitude quake hits Kuril Islands -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua| 2026-04-18 16:07:45|Editor: huaxia

BEIJING, April 18 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted Kuril Islands at 0028 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 45.42 degrees north latitude and 151.05 degrees east longitude.

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