M7.5 South of South America - Drake Passage

[davenn]

From my Sydney, Oz, seismo ....

M 7.5 - 2025 Southern Drake Passage Earthquake​

• • 2025-08-22 02:16:19 (UTC)
  • 60.186°S 61.821°W
  • 10.8 km depth
  
  
  
  
  

 

[fresh_42]

GFZ Event gfz2025qjws
25/08/22 02:16:19.70
Drake Passage
Epicenter: -60.22 -61.74
MW 7.5

GFZ MOMENT TENSOR SOLUTION
Depth  32        No. of sta: 145
Moment Tensor;   Scale 10**20 Nm
  Mrr= 0.31       Mtt= 0.79
  Mpp=-1.09       Mrt= 0.53
  Mrp= 0.04       Mtp= 1.68
Principal axes:
  T  Val=  1.92  Plg=16  Azm=330
  N        0.19      72      130
  P       -2.10       5      238

Best Double Couple:Mo=2.0*10**20
 NP1:Strike=105 Dip=82 Slip=  15
 NP2:        13     74       171
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Last updated 2025-08-22 04:53:19 UTC

 

[fresh_42]

New Zealand had a 5.3 at 10km depth about 800 km NNE of Auckland at 09:33:35.9 UTC. Did you "see" that?