Urgent: 5.1-magnitude quake hits Azores Islands, Portugal -- GFZ-Xinhua

Urgent: 5.1-magnitude quake hits Azores Islands, Portugal -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua| 2026-10-21 02:18:00|Editor: huaxia

BEIJING, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted Azores Islands, Portugal at 1807 GMT on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 37.83 degrees north latitude and 25.27 degrees west longitude. ■

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