A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes Drake Passage (0 miles) on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qrqm. Id of event: us7000qrqm. The temblor was reported at 18:58:40 / 6:58 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/08/25 / 2025-08-28 18:58:40 / August 28, 2025 @ 6:58 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -61.845° West, -60.3124° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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