A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, South Sandwich Islands region (0 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/09/25 / 2025-09-08 12:55:51 / September 8, 2025 @ 12:55 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us7000qurs. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qurs. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -25.0763 West, latitude -56.1447 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:55:51 / 12:55 pm (local time epicenter).

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

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