Urgent: 6.1 magnitude quake hits east of the Kuril Islands -- USGS

BEIJING, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted east of the Kuril Islands at 0648 GMT on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 49.39 degrees north latitude and 160.04 degrees east longitude. ■