Our first major quake, mag 6 or higher of 2025 belongs to the Sandwich Islands in the Southern Hemisphere. USGS first reported it as a mag 6.2 but has since reduced it to a mag 6.1.

Credit USGS.

Our first major quake, mag 6 or higher of 2025 belongs to the Sandwich Islands in the Southern Hemisphere. USGS first reported it as a mag 6.2 but has since reduced it to a mag 6.1.

Preliminary Report from USGS— Magnitude 6.2 Date-Time Universal Time (UTC): 1 Jan 2025 13:48:27

Location 56.392S 26.693W

Depth 77 km

Distances 2401.9 km (1489.2 mi) SSW of Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, Saint Helena 2589.3 km (1605.3 mi) ENE of Ushuaia, Argentina 2595.5 km (1609.2 mi) E of Río Grande, Argentina 2791.2 km (1730.5 mi) E of Río Gallegos, Argentina 2809.4 km (1741.8 mi) E of Puerto Deseado, Argentina.

There have been no damage reports or tsunami threats at the moment.

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