Strong earthquake hits southern Atlantic

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Dec 8, 2010, 6:38:48 AM12/8/10
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Great Earthquakes in Diverse Places

Strong earthquake hits southern Atlantic


    * From: AFP
    * December 08, 2010 5:53PM


A STRONG 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck the southern Atlantic Ocean today near the South Sandwich Islands, a sparsely populated British territory, the US Geological Survey reported.

The quake struck at 0524 GMT (1624 AEDT) some 85km east of Visokoi Island, South Sandwich Islands, or 3480km southeast of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The US agency said the quake was at a depth of 17.3km.

The islands, along with nearby South Georgia, serve mainly as a base for British scientific missions to Antarctica.
 
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