Historic Earthquake

2025 Drake Passage Earthquake

2 May 2025 · Drake Passage · Chile

On 2 May 2025 at 12:58 UTC, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Chile (Drake Passage), at a depth of 10 km. It occurred on the Scotia Plate, 34 km from its boundary with the Antarctic Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.

Date

2 May 2025

Time

12:58 UTC

Magnitude

7.4

Depth

10 km

Tsunami

Yes

Plate

Scotia Plate

Country

Chile

Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth