Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Drake Passage

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, Drake Passage (0 miles). Event id: us6000rgh5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rgh5. Exact location, longitude -61.8182° West, latitude -60.2488° South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 00:46:16 / 12:46 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/10/25 / 2025-10-11 00:46:16 / October 11, 2025 @ 12:46 am.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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