A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes South Sandwich Islands region (0 miles) on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -24.8 West, latitude -58.5224 South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/03/25 / 2025-03-17 20:03:00 / March 17, 2025 @ 8:03 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 20:03:00 / 8:03 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000pmt0. Event ids that are associated: us7000pmt0.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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