Urgent: 6.2-magnitude quake hits Flores Region, Indonesia -- GFZ-Xinhua

Urgent: 6.2-magnitude quake hits Flores Region, Indonesia -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua| 2026-08-15 06:38:15|Editor: huaxia

BEIJING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 jolted Flores Region, Indonesia at 2228 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 8.62 degrees south latitude and 121.67 degrees east longitude.

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