5.3-magnitude quake hits south of New Zealand: USGS-Xinhua

5.3-magnitude quake hits south of New Zealand: USGS

Source: Xinhua| 2022-05-17 10:42:11|Editor: huaxia

HONG KONG, May 17 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted south of New Zealand at 01:44:22 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 56.497 degrees south latitude and 177.6766 degrees east longitude.

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