Urgent: 6.1-magnitude quake hits southern East Pacific Rise -- GFZ-Xinhua

Urgent: 6.1-magnitude quake hits southern East Pacific Rise -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua| 2026-05-21 01:57:15|Editor: huaxia

BEIJING, May 21 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted southern East Pacific Rise at 1743 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 55.97 degrees south latitude and 122.42 degrees west longitude.

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