6.8 quake strikes South Sandwich Islands area

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck in the South Sandwich Islands region today, May 10, 2017, at 23:23:36 UTC.

The South Sandwich Islands is a British overseas territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean not far from the Antarctic Peninsula. It is a remote and inhospitable grouping of islands, where its current inhabitants consist of only a British Government Officer, Deputy Postmaster, scientists, and support staff from the British Antarctic Survey who maintain scientific bases at Bird Island and at the capital, King Edward Point, as well as museum staff at nearby Grytviken.

No tsunami warning has been issued.

Distances:
• 98 km (61 miles) ENE (71 degrees) of Visokoi Island, South Sandwich Islands
• 291 km (181 miles) N (9 degrees) of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands
• 2139 km (1329 miles) ESE (117 degrees) of STANLEY, Falkland Islands
• 2866 km (1781 miles) ESE (116 degrees) of Punta Arenas, Chile