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Strong Earthquake 6.0 Magnitude South Sandwich Islands

by Vinny | April 14, 2008 at 05:05 am

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M 6.0, South Sandwich Islands region
3 hours ago

Monday, April 14, 2008 09:45:22 UTC
Monday, April 14, 2008 07:45:22 AM at epicenter

Depth: 162.10 km (100.72 mi)

The earthquake occurred close to the volcano Protector Shoal in the South Sandwich Islands.

Protector Shoal is a submarine volcano which rises to about 27 m (90 ft) below sea level to the northwest of Zavodovski Island in the South Sandwich Islands chain.

Protector Shoal is the only volcano in the South Sandwich islands that has erupted rhyolite pumice. It is located at the northern end of the South Sandwich Islands. Pumice from an eruption in 1962 reached New Zealand.

Below are the distances from different locations that the earthquake occurred.

95 km (60 miles) NW of Visokoi Island, South Sandwich Islands
345 km (215 miles) NNW of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands
565 km (350 miles) ESE of Grytviken, South Georgia
3330 km (2070 miles) SE of BUENOS AIRES, Argentina

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PEP

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at 05:08 on April 14th, 2008

Vinny, I like this story. It's good stuff.

There have been some very weird earthquakes and swarms in the U.S. recently. I couldn't stand living in an earthquake zone!

Vinny

at 05:12 on April 14th, 2008

Thanks PEP I don't think there will be much damage from this earthquake, but am watching to see if it effects the volcano.

PEP

at 05:15 on April 14th, 2008

For years I have been fascinated by the connection between earthquakes and volcanoes. Ever notice that sometimes, when there's a big earthquake over *here* that sometimes there's a following volcano eruption over *there*--on the "other side" of the globe? And vice versa.