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6.2 MAGNITUDE QUAKE HITS KURIL ISLANDS -- GFZ

13/01/2026 05:37 PM

BEIJING, Jan 13 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 jolted the Kuril Islands at 0734 GMT on Tuesday, said the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, reported Xinhua.

The epicentre, with a depth of 50.0 kilometres, was initially determined to be at a latitude of 44.60 degrees north and at a longitude of 149.16 degrees east.

--BERNAMA-XINHUA 

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