M5.5 - SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 5.5
Date-Time
27 Mar 2013 06:42:46 UTC
27 Mar 2013 04:42:47 near epicenter
26 Mar 2013 22:42:46 standard time in your timezone
Location 57.290S 24.939W
Depth 9 km
Distances
152 km (94 mi) ESE of Visokoi Island,
2670 km (1655 mi) ESE of Ushuaia, Argentina
2885 km (1788 mi) ESE of Rio Gallegos, Argentina
2904 km (1800 mi) ESE of Punta Arenas, Chile
2196 km (1361 mi) ESE of Stanley, Falkland Islands
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 19.5 km; Vertical 2.8 km
Parameters Nph = 29; Dmin = 797.7 km; Rmss = 1.06 seconds; Gp = 90�
Version = 4
Event ID us b000ftiv


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