Shallow M6.0 earthquake hits Balleny Islands region, Southern Ocean
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A shallow M6.0 earthquake hit Balleny Islands region, the Southern Ocean at 10:33 UTC on July 23, 2019. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC registered it as M6.0 at a depth of 30 km (18 miles).
The epicenter was located 1 875 km (1 165 miles) SW of Bluff and 1 896 km (1 178 miles) SW of Invercargill (population 47 287), New Zealand.
There are no people living within 100 km (62 miles).
Regional seismicity
Teo Blašković founded The Watchers in 2011 and edited it until 2026, covering seismic and volcanic activity, extreme weather, space weather and near-Earth objects. Articles on this page are his archive.
