A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, south of Africa (0 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/09/25 / 2025-09-12 14:13:22 / September 12, 2025 @ 2:13 pm. The temblor was picked up at 14:13:22 / 2:13 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qvpa. Unique identifier: us7000qvpa. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 21.7826° East, -52.8897° South.

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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