A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, southwest of Africa (0 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 14.604 East, latitude -52.0044 South, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/10/25 / 2025-10-09 14:45:06 / October 9, 2025 @ 2:45 pm. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:45:06 / 2:45 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000rfux. Event ids that are associated: us6000rfux.

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: southwest of Africa.

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