Earthquake Magnitude 6.9 - SCOTIA SEA

usgs.gov ^ | August 20, 2006

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Earthquake Details

Magnitude	6.9 (Strong)
Date-Time	Sunday, August 20, 2006 at 03:41:47 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Sunday, August 20, 2006 at 1:41:47 AM = local time at epicenter
Location	61.024°S, 34.371°W
Depth	10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region	SCOTIA SEA
Distances	495 km (305 miles) WSW of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands 630 km (390 miles) SW of Visokoi Island, South Sandwich Islands 680 km (425 miles) E of Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands 3240 km (2010 miles) N of South Pole, Antarctica
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 8.5 km (5.3 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	Nst=127, Nph=127, Dmin=762.1 km, Rmss=1.06 sec, Gp= 50°, M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usrqal

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Associated Press -

Powerful earthquake hits near South Pole

Sunday, August 20, 2006 (Tokyo):

A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 hit near the South Pole, Japan's weather agency said Sunday.

The temblor struck at around 0341 GMT, Japan's Meteorological Agency reported. It did not indicate the quake's depth.

The quake's magnitude is sufficient to produce a tsunami in shallow waters, the agency said. It added that the quake posed no tsunami threat to Japan. (AP)

[REDWOOD99]

2 different quakes? 1 near the South Pole and 1 near the Sandwich Islands?

[presently no screen name]

ping!

[hoagy62]

The SOUTH Sandwich Islands are near the end of S. America.

I wonder if they felt it at McMurdo, and if they're safe from tsunamis?

[REDWOOD99]

Thanks! When it said 2000 mile N of South Pole I forgot how close that is.

[onyx]

FYI

[burzum]

Since it is deep in the Antarctic winter, I would guess that they would be shielded pretty well by ice sheets.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

It's Bush's "fault"! (sorry.... bad earthquake joke... ;-)

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Upgraded to 7.1, tsunami territory...

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