M6.2 earthquake - east of the South Sandwich Islands

What happened

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck east of the South Sandwich Islands on 21 Aug 1999, 21:51 UTC at a depth of 10 km.

Earthquakes of this size are classed as Strong. Can cause damage in populated areas up to tens of kilometres away. This was a shallow earthquake, which tends to be felt more strongly at the surface.