Undersea quake hits South Sandwich Islands
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 was registered off the South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, the US Geological Survey reported today.
The quake struck at 5.10am local time (6.10am Irish time), and was centred six miles (10km) under the seabed, some 215 miles (345km) south-east of Bristol Island of the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands – an overseas territory of Britain also claimed by Argentina – the survey said on its Web site.
