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Very strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, on Monday, Jan 24, 2022 at 11:24 pm (GMT -2) -

Very strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, on Monday, Jan 24, 2022 at 11:24 pm (GMT -2) Very strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, on Monday, Jan 24, 2022 at 11:24 pm (GMT -2)

Very strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake at 11 km depth

25 Jan 01:33 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 9 minutes.
25 Jan 01:34: Epicenter location corrected by 2.3 km (1.4 mi) towards SSE.
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27 Jan 05:08: Epicenter location corrected by 4.7 km (3 mi) towards NE.
Date & time: Jan 25, 2022 01:24:33 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Monday, Jan 24, 2022 at 11:24 pm (GMT -2)
Magnitude: 6
Depth: 11.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 55.3588°S / 28.7401°W (South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands)
Antipode: 55.359°N / 151.26°E
Nearest volcano: Protector Seamounts (75 km / 47 mi)
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Overcast Clouds 3.1°C (38 F), humidity: 94%, wind: 7 m/s (13 kts) from NNE
Primary data source: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Estimated released energy: 6.3 x 1013 joules (17.5 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 15080 tons of TNT or 0.9 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.DepthLocationSource
6.011 kmSouth Sandwich Islands RegionUSGS
6.010 kmSOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGIONEMSC
5.510 kmNear Mar Del PlataRENASS
5.910 kmSouth Sandwich Islands RegionGFZ
6.011 kmSouth Sandwich Islands RegionRaspberryShake
6.210.2 kmSouth Georgia & the South Sandwich Is. [Sea]INGV
5.939 kmSouth Sandwich Islands RegionGeoAu

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Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (5 quakes)

Date and timeMag
Depth		LocationDetails
May 10, 2022 23:18
8 days ago
5.4

39 km		South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich IslandsMore
Mar 7, 2022 17:33
10 weeks ago
4.5

35 km		South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich IslandsMore
Jan 31, 2022 15:40
15 weeks ago
4.8

10 km		South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich IslandsMore
Jan 31, 2022 15:37
15 weeks ago
4.5

10 km		South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich IslandsMore
Jan 25, 2022 15:16
16 weeks ago
5.3

10 km		South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich IslandsMore

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