Seismic event — South Sandwich Islands region

Seismic·● resolved·Tier 1 · light·52d active

Level4.0/ 10

Signals

MagnitudeM5.1

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Monitoring Room, "Seismic event — South Sandwich Islands region", situation page, level 4.0/10 (Monitoring Room's 0–10 severity score), as of 2026-08-30 03:55 UTC, source: USGS. https://monitoringroom.com/s/seismic-us7000tcwd

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