M5.8 Shallow Earthquake Recorded Near South of Africa
GEOFON GFZ reports M5.8 near South of Africa, with a 10.0 km catalog depth.
The event began at Sun, 20 Sep 2026 20:54:38 GMT. GEOFON GFZ reports magnitude 5.8, 10.0 km catalog depth, and coordinates -48.415, 31.471.
The catalog location label is South of Africa; no separate nearest-city field was supplied with this solution. By catalog depth, this is a shallow event. The magnitude-derived energy estimate is 2.66e+13 joules, or about 6,359 tons of TNT equivalent; that calculation describes source energy, not local damage.
The current catalog entry does not include a public felt-report count. No separate intensity or catalog-significance detail is available from this provider record. No official casualty or damage statement is attached to the normalized event evidence.
GEOFON GFZ has not supplied a review status in the normalized record. No station-count, phase-count, residual, gap, or uncertainty fields were supplied in the normalized record. No alternate network solution is attached to this record.
The provider record does not carry a tsunami flag at publication time. Magnitude, depth, and location can change as monitoring networks add observations and review the solution.
At a glance
- Magnitude 5.8
- 10.0 km catalog depth
- 2.66e+13 J magnitude-derived energy estimate
- Origin: Sun, 20 Sep 2026 20:54:38 GMT
- No felt-report count supplied
- GEOFON GFZ monitoring record