M 4.8 earthquake – western Indian-Antarctic Ridge
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Local time: Oct 29, 2026 · 12:07 (UTC+11)
LightShallow · 10 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 4.8body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- -50.269, 139.4091,021 km from Hobart
- Energy released
- 239 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
- 354USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Oct 8, 2026.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 239 tons of TNT, 2 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.
- 6.6 western Indian-Antarctic Ridge Jun 11, 2000
- 6.6 western Indian-Antarctic Ridge May 11, 1976
- 6.4 western Indian-Antarctic Ridge Apr 23, 1946
- 6.4 western Indian-Antarctic Ridge Jun 14, 1927
- 6.4 western Indian-Antarctic Ridge Jun 9, 2004
- 6.4 western Indian-Antarctic Ridge Aug 24, 1936
- 6.3 western Indian-Antarctic Ridge Jan 7, 1921
- 6.3 west of Macquarie Island Oct 11, 2023