Seismologists report a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the South Atlantic

It is reported by the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Seismologists recorded tremors at 00:45 UTC (03:45 Moscow time).

The epicenter of the earthquake was 2.5 thousand km from the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego.

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, on Saturday, August 21, an earthquake of magnitude 4.6 occurred in the Yellow Sea, near South Korea.