Strong Earthquake Hits Off
Argentine Coast
BUENOS AIRES - Argentina's Civil Protection
Directorate reported an earthquake measuring
6.3 degrees on the Richter Scale on Sunday,
with its epicenter 354 kilometers southeast
of Tierra del Fuego.
"The quake was not felt in Ushuaia (the
provincial capital)," said Hector Varela,
head of the directorate in Ushuaia, 3,260
kilometers from the national capital of
Buenos Aires.
"There are no victims nor damage. The
movement was not felt anywhere in the
province," he added.
Even the Argentine Army Intelligence's
watching stations and those of the Navy
Prefecture did not detect the quake, he
said.
The quake was also reported by the United
States Geological Survey, which said that
the quake struck 21 kilometers under the
surface of the earth in Argentine waters.
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