Sunday, January 17, 2010

Argentina Earthquake

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It is surprising that while the world is just getting over the 7.0 Earthquake in Haiti and the recent quake in Venezuela, it was announced by USGS another Earthquake in Argentina. The quake hit at about 7.00 am EST (12.00 noon GMT), sunday in the Drake passage about 220 miles southeast of Ushuiaa, Argentina at about 13 miles below sea-level.
The Argentina Earthquake occur in the deep Ocean floor between south America and Antarctica. It was very far from the land to have caused any damage. There was on sign of the occurrence of Tsunami and there is no warning issued.
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