Magnitude 8.1 Balleny Islands Region
1998 March 25 03:12:25 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
Magnitude | 8.1 | ||
Date-Time | 1998 03 25 03:12:25 UTC | ||
Location | 62.87S 149.52E | ||
Depth | 10.0 kilometers | ||
Region | Balleny Islands Region | ||
Reference |
620 km (385 miles) NE of Dumont d'Urville, Antarctica 735 km (460 miles) WNW of Young Island, Balleny Islands 2820 km (1750 miles) S of Melbourne, Australia 3075 km (1910 miles) S of CANBERRA, Australia |
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Location Quality | Error estimate not available | ||
Location Quality Parameters |
Not available | ||
Source | USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) | ||
Remarks | Believed to be the largest instrumentally recorded earthquake in this area to date. Complex earthquake, with a larger event occurring about 10 seconds after onset |
NB:
The region name is an automatically generated name
from the Flinn-Engdahl (F-E) seismic and geographical regionalization scheme.
The boundaries of
these regions are defined at one-degree intervals and therefore differ from
irregular political boundaries.
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