A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, South Sandwich Islands region (0 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 95.712 km (59 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/10/25 / 2025-10-21 09:11:06 / October 21, 2025 @ 9:11 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000rmt3. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rmt3. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -27.0024 West, latitude -56.2113 South, depth = 95.712 km. The temblor was reported at 09:11:06 / 9:11 am (local time epicenter).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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