M 5.9 earthquake – Bouvet Island region
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Local time: Oct 24, 2026 · 17:24 (UTC+2)
ModerateShallow · 10 kmPAGER green
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 5.9moment magnitude (mwb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- -54.034, 7.0442,369 km from Gansbaai
- Energy released
- 11 kilotons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 0.0max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 536USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on May 30, 2025.
How strong was it?
Moderate earthquake. It released 11 kilotons of TNT, 22 times the energy of 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 Bouvet Island.