VolcanoYT

Disaster Monitoring

Earthquake SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION

Thu, 05 Jan 2006 08:40:48 GMT

Time20 years ago
Location
-56.7100, -24.8300
Depth
33.0 KM

Event Summary

A 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck on SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION, at Thu, 05 Jan 2006 08:40:48 GMT. Depth: 33km. Reviewed by EMSC seismologists, this moderate quake occurred at a magnitude type of mw.

Magnitude
5.7
mw
Map of SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
Source
EMSC
Intensity
-

Agency Reports

1 Sources
SourceMagnitudeDepthTime
EMSCPrimary5.733 km20 years ago

Earthquake Details

Automatic
Event IDemsc_EMSC_20060105_0000052
Tsunami PotentialNo
Magnitude Typemw

Nearest Places

Comments

Join the discussion about this event.