2026-05-18 18:50:00 (M5.3) Bouvet Island region -54.3 -1.3 (70fa9)

M5.3 Earthquake - Bouvet Island region

Preliminary Report

Magnitude	5.3
Date-Time	Universal Time (UTC): 18 May 2026 18:50:00 Time near the Epicenter (1): 18 May 2026 19:50:00 Time in your area (1): 19 May 2026 00:20:00
Location	54.279S 1.267W
Depth	10 km
Distances	2091.8 km (1296.9 mi) SSE of Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, Saint Helena 2724.8 km (1689.4 mi) SW of Hermanus, South Africa 2726.1 km (1690.2 mi) SW of Retreat, South Africa 2732.9 km (1694.4 mi) SW of Claremont, South Africa 2733.6 km (1694.9 mi) SW of Lansdowne, South Africa
Location Uncertainty	Horizontal: 12.1 km; Vertical 1.9 km
Parameters	Nph = 64; Dmin = 2093.1 km; Rmss = 0.51 seconds; Gp = 69° Version =
Event ID	us 6000sykw

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