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Historic Earthquake
2025 Antarctica Earthquake
10 October 2025 · Drake Passage · Antarctica
On 10 October 2025 at 20:29 UTC, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Antarctica (Drake Passage), at a depth of 6 km. It occurred on the Antarctic Plate, 138 km from its boundary with the Scotia Plate (collision zone).
- Date
- 10 October 2025
- Time
- 20:29 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Depth
- 6 km
- Plate
- Antarctic Plate
- Country
- Antarctica
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Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth