Large 7.0 Mag. Quake Hits Sandwich Island; Local Tsunami Watch Issued
Mtich Battros - Earth Changes Media
A large 7.0 magnitude earthquake has hit the South Sandwich Island region. No world of damage or expanded threat has been issued at this time. No destructive widespread tsunami threat exists based on historical earthquake and tsunami data.
However, earthquakes of this size sometimes generate local tsunamis that can be destructive along coasts located within a hundred kilometers of the earthquake epicenter. Authorities in the region of the epicenter should be aware of this possibility and take appropriate action.
Earthquake Details: Date time 2009-04-16 at 14:57:03.7 UTC. Magnitude 7.0. Location 60.38 S ; 27.23 W. Depth 10 km. Distances 3064 km SE Comodoro rivadavia (pop 140,850 ; local time 11:57 2009-04-16). 2732 km SE Río gallegos (pop 85,700 ; local time 11:57 2009-04-16).
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