Large Earthquake shakes Atlantic near S.Sandwich Islands: USGS
Pastor Dale Morgan
Large Earthquake shakes Atlantic near S.Sandwich Islands: USGS*
AFP - Tuesday, January 5
[NASA-issued image shows the Falkland Islands located in the southern
Atlantic Ocean. A major 6.7-magnitude...] NASA-issued image shows the
Falkland Islands located in the southern Atlantic Ocean. A major
6.7-magnitude earthquake struck the South Sandwich Islands early
Tuesday, a sparsely populated British territory located about 2,800
kilometers (1,740 miles) east of the Falklands.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - – A major 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck the
southern Atlantic ocean early Tuesday east of South Georgia and the
South Sandwich Islands, a sparsely populated British territory, a US
monitor said.
The quake struck at 3:55 am (04:55 GMT) in waters 685 kilometers (425
miles) east of Bristol Island, part of an chain inhabited mainly by
scientists on a series of bases, the US Geological Survey reported.
The earthquake, about 2,800 kilometers (1,740 miles) east of the
Falkland Islands, occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers (six miles)
according to USGS.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued an alert stating there was no
threat of a destructive widespread tsunami, but warned "there is the
small possibility of a local or regional tsunami that could affect
coasts" near the epicenter.