M4.8 earthquake – Southern East Pacific Rise
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in the Southern East Pacific Rise region at 01:28 UTC on 12 Oct 2026, at a depth of 10 km, according to GFZ. The solution is preliminary and may be revised.
Data: GFZ · updated 2026-10-12 01:28 UTC · automatic solution
- Magnitude
- 4.8light
body-wave magnitude (mb) - Depth
- 10 km
- Status
- Automatic
- Origin time
- 2026-10-12 01:28:04 UTC
- Epicentre
- 50.049° S, 113.925° W
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Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Est. shaking |
|---|---|---|
| No towns within 400 km. This is a remote area. | ||
Shaking is an estimate from the intensity prediction equation of Allen, Wald & Worden (2012), not an observation. Local ground and buildings can change it by a level or more. Likely felt out to about 103 km.
Every agency's solution
Agencies locate earthquakes with their own stations and methods, so their numbers differ. We match reports of the same event by time, distance and magnitude and show them side by side. The headline uses GFZ.
| Agency | Magnitude | Depth | Epicentre | Time offset | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GFZheadlineGFZ via GEOFON, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences | 4.8 mb | 10 km | 50.05° S, 113.92° W | – | Automatic |
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How big was it?
Widely felt near the epicentre: rattling windows and objects. Significant damage is unlikely.
It released roughly the energy of 247 t of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step means about 32 times more energy and 10 times larger waves on a seismogram. Depth matters too: at 10 km this was a shallow earthquake, which is felt more strongly at the surface than a deeper one of the same size.
M4.8 releases about 33× the energy of M3.8, and its waves are about 10× taller on a seismogram. Energy: 247 t of TNT vs 7.6 t of TNT.
Each square is the energy of one M3.8. Energy from log₁₀E = 1.5M + 4.8.
Aftershocks and nearby activity
1 later earthquake within 32 km; the largest was M4.8 8 h ago. Aftershock rates usually fall off roughly in proportion to 1/time.
Mainshock M4.8
1 later earthquake nearby. Aftershock rates typically fall off roughly as 1/time (Omori's law).
| Time after mainshock (hours) | Magnitude | Depth (km) |
|---|---|---|
| 0.52 | 4.8 | 10 |
Did you feel it?
Reports from people help show where shaking was strong. They are anonymous and shown here in aggregate.
Reports on SeismoAtlas
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Event id gfz2026tyzv. First recorded here 12 Oct 2026, 07:43:20 UTC. Solutions: GFZ (geofon:gfz2026tyzv). Cite as: SeismoAtlas, “M4.8 earthquake – Southern East Pacific Rise”, https://seismoatlas.com/earthquake/gfz2026tyzv-m4-8-earthquake-southern-east-pacific-rise, data from GFZ.
JSON: /api/v1/events/gfz2026tyzv. SeismoAtlas is not an official warning service.