8/22/2025 Drake Passage 7.5

Drake Passage 7.5 earthquake recorded at UWM
Inset map of earthquake location
Earthquake focal mechanism

Earthquake DetailsSeismogram Explanation
Location: Drake PassagePdiff-wave: not verified
Date: August 22, 2025Sdiff-wave: not verified
Time: 02:16:19 UTC; 9:16:519 PM CDT (local 8/21/25)The vertical axis is in units of displacement in centimeters.
Latitude: 60.19 SThe horizontal axis is in units of time in seconds.
Longitude: 61.82 WThe beginning of the file is the origin of the event.
Magnitude: 7.5 Mw 
Depth: 15.5 km 
Distance: 105.45 degrees (~7,138 miles from Milwaukee) 

 

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