5.0-magnitude quake hits Flores Sea -- GFZ-Xinhua

5.0-magnitude quake hits Flores Sea -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua| 2026-08-22 01:23:45|Editor: huaxia

BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted Flores Sea at 1706 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 7.89 degrees south latitude and 120.44 degrees east longitude.

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