A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes South Sandwich Islands region (0 miles) on Sunday. Unique identifier: us6000q4f0. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000q4f0. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/04/25 / 2025-04-06 18:15:08 / April 6, 2025 @ 6:15 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 18:15:08 / 6:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -23.7528 West, latitude -58.7373 South, depth = 10 km.

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 five and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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