A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported western Indian-Antarctic Ridge (0 miles) on Friday. The temblor was reported at 22:59:02 / 10:59 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/10/25 / 2025-10-24 22:59:02 / October 24, 2025 @ 10:59 pm. Unique identifier: us6000rn9z. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rn9z. Exact location of earthquake, 116.0418° East, -47.7652° South, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: western Indian-Antarctic Ridge.
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