A new earthquake occurred on last Friday, novembre 6th, in the Antarctic Peninsula, which was 6.1 on the Richter scale, with epicentre around 100 kilometres northwest of the Arturo Prat base.
Hans Gabler, regional director of the Chilean National Geology and Mining Service, stated that the seismic event occurred at 8:49 PM and, according to what was reported by The Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Chilean Navy (Shoa, acronym in Spanish from Servicio hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la Armada), it did not cause a tsunami on the country’s shores.
The maritime governor of the Chilean Antarctic, at Fildes Bay, Commander Alejandro Valenzuela, stated that it was the strongest to date based on what they felt on King George Island.
He mentioned that all the earthquakes that have occurred since 28 August onwards have been close to Fildes Bay.
Hans Gabler remembered that the earthquake that took place on Friday night is part of the earthquake swarm recorded since August to date, which has mainly concentrated at underwater volcano Orca, in the area of the Bransfield Strait, where the South American and the Antarctic plates converge as main plates; and the Scotia, South Shetland and Phoenix plates as secondary ones.