A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, southwest of Africa (0 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rftu. Unique identifier: us6000rftu. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/10/25 / 2025-10-09 15:03:00 / October 9, 2025 @ 3:03 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:03:00 / 3:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 14.3187 East, latitude -52.224 South, depth = 10 km.

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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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