M5.3 - SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 5.3
Date-Time
16 May 2013 22:38:21 UTC
16 May 2013 20:38:21 near epicenter
16 May 2013 14:38:21 standard time in your timezone
Location 56.086S 26.799W
Depth 37 km
Distances
72 km (44 mi) NNE of Visokoi Island,
2590 km (1605 mi) ESE of Ushuaia, Argentina
2789 km (1729 mi) ESE of Rio Gallegos, Argentina
2801 km (1736 mi) SE of Puerto Deseado, Argentina
2079 km (1288 mi) ESE of Stanley, Falkland Islands
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 28.2 km; Vertical 8.7 km
Parameters Nph = 41; Dmin = 649.8 km; Rmss = 0.73 seconds; Gp = 101�
Version = 8
Event ID us b000gxaq


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