A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, southwest of Africa (0 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 01:09:47 / 1:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 18.8986 East, latitude -52.7147 South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us6000rftz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rftz. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/09/25 / 2025-09-16 01:09:47 / September 16, 2025 @ 1:09 am. 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. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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