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Moderate mag. 5.6 earthquake - South Sandwich Islands Region on Thursday, 18 December 2014

Moderate mag. 5.5 earthquake - South Sandwich Islands Region on Thursday, 18 December 2014

Moderate mag. 5.5 earthquake - South Sandwich Islands Region on Thursday, 18 December 2014
Dec 18 22:10: Magnitude recalculated from 5.6 to 5.5.
Date & time: Thu, 18 Dec 20:10:54 UTC
Magnitude: 5.5
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 56.65°S / 25.52°W (Géorgie du Sud et îles Sandwich du Sud)
Nearest volcano: Candlemas Island (85 km)
Primary data source: GFZ
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Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies
HeureMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Thu, 18 Dec 2014
Thu, 18 Dec 20:10 UTCM 5.6 / 10 km SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION[Map]EMSC
Thu, 18 Dec 20:10 UTCM 5.6 / 9.3 km109km E of Visokoi Island,[Map]USGS

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HeureMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Thu, 18 Dec 20:15 UTCM 5.2 / 9 km - [info]MAR ARGENTINO (Argentina)[Map]INPRES
Sun, 28 Dec 2014
Sun, 28 Dec 05:05 UTCM 5.1 / 100 km - [info] SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION[Map]EMSC
Mon, 29 Dec 2014
Mon, 29 Dec 17:41 UTCM 5.8 / 34 km - [info]South Sandwich Islands Region[Map]GFZ

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