A magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred in the Pacific Ocean 764 km northwest of Macquarie Island (Australia, Tasmania).
Kiev. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate – March 20, 2021 – International News
According to the service, the epicenter, recorded at 7:19 Kyiv time on Saturday, quake was about 800 km off the coast of Antarctica and 1889 km south of Hobart on the island of Tasmania.
The intensity of tremors in the epicenter of the earthquake is assessed as “destructive”.
The terrain of Antarctica under the ice is quite complex. Antarctica is the only continent on our planet where no major earthquakes have been recorded. In addition, Antarctica is surrounded by mobile mid-ocean ridges. More than a dozen seismic stations operate on the mainland, and observations of the earth’s crust have been observed for a long time. The first earthquake was recorded here in 1985. In Antarctica, several huge faults of the earth’s crust were discovered. One of them stretched across the Weddell Sea to the outskirts of the mainland.
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Source: Ukrgate
