7.4-magnitude Quake Shakes Southern Atlantic Ocean: USGS
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published August 19, 2016 | 02:56 PM
WASHINGTON,(APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Augst,2016) : A 7.4-magnitude quake shook the southern Atlantic Ocean early Friday, the US Geological Survey said, with an epicenter 195 miles (316 kilometers) from islands hosting a British Antarctic research station.
There was no immediate tsunami warning. The quake struck at 5:32 am local time (0732 GMT) at a depth of 10 kilometers.
It was centered east-southeast of the British administered South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands.
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