A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported southeast of the Loyalty Islands (0 miles) on Sunday. Global time and date of event 21/02/21 / 2021-02-21 17:14:29 / February 21, 2021 @ 5:14 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 172.137 East, latitude -22.7271 South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000djxf. Unique identifier: us6000djxf. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:14:29 / 5:14 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fourty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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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