A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, Drake Passage (0 miles). Exact location, longitude -62.0132° West, latitude -60.2082° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000rlw8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rlw8. The temblor was detected at 00:34:51 / 12:34 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/10/25 / 2025-10-16 00:34:51 / October 16, 2025 @ 12:34 am.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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