7.2 R in South Sandwich Islands Region

A very strong event in this remote part of the globe. Confirms the increased activity toward the end of the month we discussed here. 7.2 R in South Sandwich Islands Region

Magnitude	Mw 7.2
Region	SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
Date time	2016-05-28 09:47:01.2 UTC
Location	56.27 S ; 27.05 W
Depth	90 km
Distances	3246 km SE of Montevideo, Uruguay / pop: 1,270,737 / local time: 06:47:01.2 2016-05-28 3381 km SE of Buenos Aires, Argentina / pop: 13,076,300 / local time: 06:47:01.2 2016-05-28 4169 km SE of Santiago, Chile / pop: 4,837,295 / local time: 05:47:01.2 2016-05-28