5.6-magnitude quake hits northern Molucca Sea -- GFZ-Xinhua

5.6-magnitude quake hits northern Molucca Sea -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua| 2026-08-05 04:28:30|Editor: huaxia

BEIJING, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted northern Molucca Sea at 2016 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 1.66 degrees north latitude and 126.53 degrees east longitude.

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