Strong Quake Rattles Antarctica

World | August 20, 2006, Sunday // 00:00

A powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck Sunday in the Scotia Sea between South America and Antarctica, Japanese and US officials said. The quake was registered at 1:41 am local time. The quake, with a depth of about six miles, was centered in the Scotia Sea, approximately 305 miles southwest of Bristol Island in the South Sandwich island group, the USGS said.

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