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2025 Antarctica Earthquake
22 August 2025 · Drake Passage · Antarctica
On 22 August 2025 at 02:16 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Antarctica (Drake Passage), at a depth of 10 km. It occurred on the Antarctic Plate, 138 km from its boundary with the Scotia Plate (collision zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 22 August 2025
- Time
- 02:16 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 10 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Antarctic Plate
- Country
- Antarctica
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2025Drake Passage · M 7.6
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth