Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Pacific-Antarctic Ridge

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, Pacific-Antarctic Ridge (0 miles). Unique identifier: us6000rfw9. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rfw9. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -157.8567 West, latitude -62.9467 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:01:47 / 9:01 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/10/25 / 2025-10-09 21:01:47 / October 9, 2025 @ 9:01 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: Pacific-Antarctic Ridge. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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