Powerful quake strikes near remote south Atlantic islands

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said that, based on historical data, a destructive widespread tsunami threat does not exist.

By (AFP)

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Published: Sun 29 Jun 2014, 4:00 PM

Last updated: Sat 4 Apr 2015, 1:30 AM

A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck in the far south Atlantic ocean near the mostly uninhabited South Sandwich Islands region, the US Geological Survey said on Sunday.

The quake, which struck at 0752 GMT, had an epicentre 152 kilometres (94 miles) northwest of Visokoi Island, and 1,968 kilometres (1220) miles east-southeast of Stanley, the main city on the Falkland Islands, the USGS which monitors quakes worldwide reported.

Despite the quake’s strength, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said that, based on historical data, “a destructive widespread tsunami threat does not exist.”


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