A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, Falkland Islands region (0 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -58.2948° West, -54.0977° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/10/25 / 2025-10-23 14:25:12 / October 23, 2025 @ 2:25 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:25:12 / 2:25 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000rivm. Event ids that are associated: us6000rivm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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