A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, South Sandwich Islands region (0 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 56.396 km (35 miles). Unique identifier: us7000qsu5. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qsu5. Exact location of event, longitude -25.5677 West, latitude -58.4927 South, depth = 56.396 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/08/25 / 2025-08-31 16:24:25 / August 31, 2025 @ 4:24 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 16:24:25 / 4:24 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: South Sandwich Islands region.

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