Where did the 6.2 earthquake strike in the Scotia Sea?

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit the Scotia Sea at 08:22 UTC on 22 August 2026, centred around 60.38°S, 47.60°W — roughly 150km west of the South Orkney Islands, in the remote ocean stretch between the southern tip of South America and Antarctica [1]. It followed a smaller, magnitude 5.7 quake in the same area about 40 minutes earlier [4].