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Magnitude6.6
RegionSOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS
Date time2026-03-20 00:22:03.7 UTC
Location-61.276 ; -56.400
Depth17 km
Distance1251 km ESE of Punta Arenas, Chile / pop: 117,000 / local time: 21:22:03.7 2026-03-19
984 km SE of Tolhuin, Argentina / pop: 3,000 / local time: 21:22:03.7 2026-03-19
Source parameters reviewed by a seismologist
Tsunami information at:
US (PTWC)
JAPAN (NWPTAC)
All data providers for this event:
Geoscience Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia -- Canberra, Australia (AUST)
British Geological Survey -- Edinburgh, United Kingdom (BGS)
French Polynesian Tsunami Warning Center - CEA -- Papeete, Polynesie Francaise - Tahiti (CPPT)
Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi dan Geofisika -- Jakarta, Indonesia (BMKG)
GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) -- Potsdam, Germany (GFZ)
Geonet, GNS science -- Lower Hutt, New Zealand (GNS)
Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences -- Obninsk, Russia (GSRAS)
Departamento de Geofisica, Universidad de Chile -- Santiago, Chile (CSN)
Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia -- Rome, Italy (INGV) -- DOI: https://terremoti.ingv.it/en/iside
IPGP - Geoscope -- Paris, France (IPGP)
Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute -- Istanbul, Türkiye (KOERI)
Instituto Geografico Nacional -- Madrid, Spain (IGN)
Ukrainian NDC, Main Center of Special Monitoring -- Kyiv, Ukraine (MCSM)
Malaysian Meteorological Department -- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (MET)
National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC)
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center -- Honolulu, United States (PTWC)
Republican Seismic Survey Center or Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences -- Baku, Azerbaijan (RSSC)
EMSC -- Arpajon, France (SC4)
Further information can be found at:
GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) -- Potsdam, Germany (GFZ)
National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC)