A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, South Sandwich Islands region (0 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -28.8628 West, latitude -55.3611 South, depth = 14.787 km. The temblor was detected at 19:36:41 / 7:36 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/03/25 / 2025-03-21 19:36:41 / March 21, 2025 @ 7:36 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pm6j. Unique identifier: us7000pm6j. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.787 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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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. 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 Sandwich Islands region.

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