Earthquake details

Saturday, October 25, 1997 Earthquake

The earthquake hit northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge on Saturday, October 25, 1997 at 09:55 UTC with a magnitude of 5.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Les Abymes, about 1852.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -45.191 and latitude 22.665.

Magnitude 5.3
Alert Strong
Depth 10.0 km
Coordinates 22.665, -45.191
UTC time 1997-10-25 09:55:00.230
Location northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Country northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 1997-10-25

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.
M 4.5
northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Unknown · 2026-03-07 03:41 UTC
42.8 km
M 4.7
northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Unknown · 2025-09-16 03:00 UTC
74.6 km
M 4.5
northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Unknown · 2025-05-30 10:50 UTC
95.7 km
M 4.6
northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Unknown · 2025-05-12 20:10 UTC
11.2 km
M 4.7
northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Unknown · 2024-06-01 02:46 UTC
51.4 km
M 4.7
northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Unknown · 2024-04-22 06:52 UTC
95.5 km
M 4.5
northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Unknown · 2024-02-17 08:00 UTC
56.7 km
M 4.5
northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Unknown · 2022-05-28 14:24 UTC
85.5 km

Stay informed

Earthquake alerts

Create targeted notifications for important seismic activity near the places you follow.

Choose the places you want to monitor.
Set a minimum magnitude for notifications.