Earthquake in the Southern Atlantic Ocean
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  • Writer's pictureKyle Sooley-Brookings
    • Jan 20, 2020
    • 1 min read

Earthquake in the Southern Atlantic Ocean


There has been a strong earthquake at the bottom of the world in the South Sandwich Islands region.


Shortly before 5:00 am local time this morning there was a 6.1 magnitude earthquake 2507.9 km east of Tolhuin, Argentina at a depth of 91 kilometres.


Since the earthquake was not close to any populated areas there was no damage or injuries.


The earthquake was also no tsunami threat.

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