A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, east of the South Sandwich Islands (0 miles). 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 location of event, longitude -10.5106 West, latitude -58.0499 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 14:54:37 / 2:54 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000pvty. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pvty. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/02/25 / 2025-02-27 14:54:37 / February 27, 2025 @ 2:54 pm UTC/GMT.

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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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