M 4.4 earthquake – Antarctica
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Local time: Feb 21, 2026 · 01:54 (UTC+13)
LightShallow · 10 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 4.4body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- -84.447, 157.4614,248 km from Invercargill
- Energy released
- 60 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 298USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Feb 20, 2026.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 60 tons of TNT, 7.9 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Antarctica.
In the week before
Earthquakes within 30 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.