A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, south of Africa (0 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000relh. Unique identifier: us6000relh. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:05:36 / 4:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/09/25 / 2025-09-12 16:05:36 / September 12, 2025 @ 4:05 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 21.8555 East, latitude -52.8739 South, depth = 10 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: south of Africa.

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