Urgent: 5.3-magnitude quake hits Ryukyu Islands, Japan -- GFZ-Xinhua

Urgent: 5.3-magnitude quake hits Ryukyu Islands, Japan -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua| 2026-09-13 05:14:30|Editor: huaxia

BEIJING, Sep. 13 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted Ryukyu Islands, Japan at 2032 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 29.18 degrees north latitude and 130.42 degrees east longitude.

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