south of Africa

A magnitude 5.2 mww earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated8 May 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is south of Africa?

This locator uses the coordinates in the approved source record. It shows geographic context, not a site boundary, safety zone or property-risk area.

-52.494300, 26.105600

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

us6000pvw6

Coordinates

-52.4943, 26.1056

Network

Significance

416