A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, Drake Passage (0 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -61.4861 West, latitude -60.0461 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 23/08/25 / 2025-08-23 14:34:30 / August 23, 2025 @ 2:34 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:34:30 / 2:34 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000r3cf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r3cf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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: Drake Passage.

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