Magnitude 5.4, South Sandwich Islands region.
Occurred 2 hours ago (2026-11-12 03:45 UTC). Record reviewed, last revised 1 hour ago. Fetched just now. Every number on this page comes from the USGS feed; the sentence is a template over those fields.
Magnitude 5.4 earthquake, 122 km deep, at 12 Nov 03:45 UTC. USGS places it "South Sandwich Islands region".
DERIVED. The last earthquake at least this strong within 100 km was magnitude 5.4 on 21 Aug 2026 ("South Sandwich Islands region"). USGS ComCat search: earthquakes within 100 km of this epicentre, magnitude 5.4 or more, from 1 Jan 1900 to just before this one, newest first. Magnitudes of different types are compared as the catalogue publishes them.
ESTIMATE · USGS PAGER · GREEN. The USGS's own estimate of likely fatalities and economic losses for this earthquake, from its PAGER model. ESTIMATE: the source's own model estimate, not a count. PAGER at the USGS
Epicentre at -59.033, -26.029 (USGS). The dashed ring is 100 km. Coastlines from Natural Earth (public domain), drawn from the coordinate; nothing placed by hand.