A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, east of the South Sandwich Islands (0 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 07:59:23 / 7:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/07/25 / 2025-07-22 07:59:23 / July 22, 2025 @ 7:59 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -10.5137 West, latitude -57.9569 South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000qu3k. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qu3k. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: east of the South Sandwich Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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