Urgent: 5.0-magnitude quake hits Flores Region, Indonesia -- GFZ-Xinhua

Urgent: 5.0-magnitude quake hits Flores Region, Indonesia -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua| 2026-08-17 01:40:00|Editor: huaxia

BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted Flores Region, Indonesia at 1726 GMT on Sunday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 8.06 degrees south latitude and 120.53 degrees east longitude.

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