A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, southeast of the Loyalty Islands (0 miles). Unique identifier: us6000dj3c. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000dj3c. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 172.2118 East, latitude -22.8154 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:02:27 / 9:02 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/02/21 / 2021-02-10 21:02:27 / February 10, 2021 @ 9:02 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-six, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: southeast of the Loyalty Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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