Earthquake Magnitude 6.5 - South Sandwich Islands Region

USGS
Sun, 06 Mar 2011 10:48 UTC

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Earthquake Location

Date-Time:
Sunday, March 06, 2011 at 14:32:36 UTC

Sunday, March 06, 2011 at 12:32:36 PM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location:
56.406°S, 27.029°W

Depth:
86.9 km (54.0 miles) set by location program

Region:
SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION

Distances:
33 km (20 miles) NNE of Visokoi Island, South Sandwich Islands

293 km (182 miles) N of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands

2066 km (1283 miles) ESE of STANLEY, Falkland Islands

3408 km (2117 miles) SE of BUENOS AIRES, D.F., Argentina

Location Uncertainty:
horizontal +/- 16 km (9.9 miles); depth fixed by location program

Parameters:
NST=146, Nph=149, Dmin=645.7 km, Rmss=1.14 sec, Gp= 29°,
M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=8

Source:
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID:
usb0001q4l