6.0 AND GREATER EARTHQUAKES ARE REPORTED ON THIS SITE AND ALL
EARTHQUAKE STATS PERTAIN ONLY TO 6.0 AND GREATER MAGNITUDE QUAKES.
Map:
CSEM-EMSC
A major 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit the South Georgia
Island region on August 19, 2016, at 17:33:43 UTC, at a depth of 9 km, reported
Geoscience Australia (not finalized).
655 major (6.0+) to super (8.0+) earthquakes hit various places
worldwide over the last 1,278 days. Among these were 81 7.0+
and 6 8.0+ magnitude quakes. (Sources:
CSEM-EMSC,...
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