5.5-magnitude quake hits northwestern Uzbekistan -- GFZ-Xinhua

5.5-magnitude quake hits northwestern Uzbekistan -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua| 2026-05-20 04:52:15|Editor: huaxia

BEIJING, May 20 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted northwestern Uzbekistan at 2040 GMT on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 40.37 degrees north latitude and 63.17 degrees east longitude.

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