LIGHT EARTHQUAKE
98 km S of Encounter Bay, Australia
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 98 km S of Encounter Bay, Australia on 26 Oct 2026, 21:18 UTC. The hypocentre was 10 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention. The figures have been revised 2 times since the first report.
- Depth
- 10 km
- Latitude
- 36.46°S
- Time
- 21:18 UTC
- Magnitude
- M4.7
shallow
138.53°E longitude
26 Oct 2026
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EPICENTRE
MAGNITUDE 4.7
Noticeable shaking of indoor objects. Damage is unlikely.
The scale is logarithmic: this released about 350 times the energy of a magnitude 3.0, roughly the energy of 169 tonnes of TNT.
10 KM DEEP
Shallow earthquakes release their energy close to the surface, so they are felt more strongly, and do more damage, than deeper earthquakes of the same magnitude.
OTHER RECENT EARTHQUAKES
26 Oct 2026, 22:33 UTC · 10 km deep
26 Oct 2026, 19:36 UTC · 119.5 km deep
26 Oct 2026, 18:07 UTC · 47.3 km deep
26 Oct 2026, 12:13 UTC · 10 km deep