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OVERNIGHT 9-8-2025 A 5.1 EAST OF SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION USGS PREMIUM

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8 Sep 03:19 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 10 minutes.
8 Sep 03:20: Now using data updates from EMSC
8 Sep 03:29: Epicenter location corrected by 11 km (7 mi) towards S.
8 Sep 03:29: Now using data updates from USGS

Epicenter 58.3414°S / 15.8639°W South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands

Primary data source USGS (United States Geological Survey)

Estimated energy 2.8 x 1012 joules (783 megawatt hours, equivalent to 674 tons of TNT)

USGS WEBPAGE
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000qu…
M 5.1 - east of the South Sandwich Islands
2025-09-08 03:09:58 (UTC)58.341°S 15.864°W10.0 km depth

EMSC WEBPAGE
m.emsc.eu/#earthquake
EAST OF SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS
5.1
2025-09-08
03:09:59 UTC
02:09:59 local time
58.2677 S | 15.8182 W
11,954 kmof your location
3398 km ENE of Punta Arenas, Chile
2731 km ENE of Stanley, Falkland Islands
6.2 kmdeep

GFZ EQ CENTER
geofon.gfz.de/eqinfo/event.php?id=gfz2025rpaa
F-E Region East of South Sandwich Islands
Time 2025-09-08 03:10:00.8 UTC
Magnitude 5.3 (mb)
Epicenter 15.88°W 58.38°S
Depth 10 km (fixed)
Status M - manually revised

IRIS EQ CENTER
ds.iris.edu/ds/nodes/dmc/tools/event/12016822/
Date/Time
(UTC) 2025-09-08 03:09:58 UTC
(7 hours, 14 minutes ago)
Location East Of South Sandwich Islands
Magnitude mb 5.1
Latitude 58.3414° S
Longitude 15.8639° W
Depth 10.0 km

DISASTER ALERT
disasteralert.pdc.org/disasteralert/?hazard_id=371…
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 at a depth of 10.0 km (6.21 miles) has occurred at east of the South Sandwich Islands, as reported by the National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC) of the USGS on September 08, 2025 03:09:58 UTC PRELIMINARY

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