Urgent: 5.6-magnitude quake hits 13km WSW of Macquarie Island, Australia -- USGS

BEIJING, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted 13km WSW of Macquarie Island, Australia at 12:17:05 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 54.5501 degrees south latitude and 158.7685 degrees east longitude.