Urgent: Magnitude of earthquake in Vanuatu Islands revised from 6.5 to 7.1 -- GFZ-Xinhua

Urgent: Magnitude of earthquake in Vanuatu Islands revised from 6.5 to 7.1 -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua| 2026-10-24 10:42:45|Editor: huaxia

HONG KONG, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 jolted Vanuatu Islands at 0231 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 14.06 degrees south latitude and 165.51 degrees east longitude. ■

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