A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, Macquarie Island region (0 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000r0qx. Unique identifier: us6000r0qx. Exact location, longitude 157.68° East, latitude -57.7983° South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:14:41 / 12:14 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: 14/08/25 / 2025-08-14 12:14:41 / August 14, 2025 @ 12:14 pm.

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 one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days fifty-two 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: Macquarie Island region. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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