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Very strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, on Sunday, Mar 6, 2022 at 6:14 pm (GMT -2) -

Very strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake at 16 km depth

6 Mar 20:24 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 10 minutes.
6 Mar 20:28: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 114.2 to 10.0 km (from 71 to 6.2 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 71 km (44 mi) towards E.
6 Mar 20:32: Now using data updates from USGS
6 Mar 21:28: Magnitude recalculated from 6.1 to 6.0. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 23.8 to 15.5 km (from 14.8 to 9.6 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 12 km (7.2 mi) towards ESE.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Mar 6, 2022 20:14:30 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Sunday, Mar 6, 2022 at 6:14 pm (GMT -2)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	6
Depth	15.5 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	58.7354°S / 24.8859°W (South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands)
Antipode	58.735°N / 155.114°E
Shaking intensity	Severe shaking
Felt	1 report
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Montagu Island (91 km / 57 mi)
Nearby towns and cities
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Overcast Clouds -0.3°C (31 F), humidity: 89%, wind: 9 m/s (17 kts) from SE
Estimated seismic energy released	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.	Depth	Location	Source
6.0	16 km	South Sandwich Islands Region	USGS
6.1	29 km	South Sandwich Islands Region	GFZ
6.1	10 km	SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION	EMSC
5.4	10 km	Near Mar Del Plata	RENASS
5.9	10 km	South Sandwich Islands Region	RaspberryShake
6.1	7.2 km	South Sandwich Islands Region	GeoAu
6.2	20 km	South Georgia & the South Sandwich Is. [Sea]	INGV

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Tegucigalpa, Honduras (TGUH/CU network) | Distance from quake: 9844 km / 6117 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Tegucigalpa, Honduras: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.02-2.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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unspecified (91.7 km WNW of epicenter) [Map] / Severe shaking (MMI VIII) / complex motion difficult to describe / 30-60 s : very strong !!!???? | 6 users found this interesting.

Cape town / not felt : Cape Town South Africa Very Humid And Hot And No Earth Movement | 3 users found this interesting.

Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (29 quakes)

Date and time	Mag Depth	Location	Details
Aug 12, 2022 07:42 33 weeks ago	4.9 39 km	South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	More
Aug 12, 2022 06:18 33 weeks ago	5.4 41 km	South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	More
Aug 5, 2022 06:39 34 weeks ago	5.0 29 km	South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	More
Jul 24, 2022 19:04 36 weeks ago	5.0 10 km	South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	More
Jul 22, 2022 02:48 36 weeks ago	5.1 61 km	South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	More
Jul 17, 2022 23:23 37 weeks ago	4.8 10 km	South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	More
Jul 1, 2022 04:17 39 weeks ago	4.6 35 km	South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	More
Jul 1, 2022 03:45 39 weeks ago	4.5 10 km	South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	More
Jun 25, 2022 19:10 40 weeks ago	4.5 25 km	South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	More
Jun 22, 2022 14:24 40 weeks ago	4.5 10 km	South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	More
Jun 21, 2022 04:10 40 weeks ago	5.0 10 km	South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	More
Jun 4, 2022 02:59 43 weeks ago	5.6 47 km	South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	More
May 19, 2022 02:24 45 weeks ago	5.0 35 km	South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	More
May 18, 2022 20:23 45 weeks ago	5.4 32 km	South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	More
Apr 30, 2022 03:24 48 weeks ago	5.0 51 km	South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	More
Apr 18, 2022 09:06 50 weeks ago	4.9 68 km	South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	More
Apr 10, 2022 15:52 51 weeks ago	4.6 10 km	South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	More
Apr 8, 2022 11:37 51 weeks ago	4.7 35 km	South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	More
Mar 28, 2022 07:19 1 year 0 weeks ago	5.1 35 km	South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	More
Mar 20, 2022 15:26 1 year 2 weeks ago	4.9 10 km	South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	More
Mar 16, 2022 08:43 1 year 2 weeks ago	4.7 10 km	South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	More
Mar 15, 2022 17:32 1 year 2 weeks ago	4.9 56 km	South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	More
Mar 15, 2022 16:02 1 year 2 weeks ago	4.8 10 km	South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	More
Mar 15, 2022 15:51 1 year 2 weeks ago	5.3 10 km	South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	More
Mar 15, 2022 14:29 1 year 2 weeks ago	4.6 39 km	South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	More
Mar 15, 2022 04:09 1 year 2 weeks ago	4.7 71 km	South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	More
Mar 8, 2022 04:10 1 year 3 weeks ago	5.1 61 km	South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	More
Mar 7, 2022 00:43 1 year 3 weeks ago	4.8 35 km	South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	More
Mar 6, 2022 21:19 1 year 4 weeks ago	4.5 10 km	South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	More

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