A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported southwest of Africa (0 miles) on Thursday. Unique identifier: us6000pw23. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pw23. Global time and date of event 20/02/25 / 2025-02-20 08:44:58 / February 20, 2025 @ 8:44 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 12.9035° East, -52.4354° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 08:44:58 / 8:44 am (local time epicenter).

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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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