A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, southeast of the Loyalty Islands (0 miles). The temblor was detected at 06:53:48 / 6:53 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35.83 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 171.3651 East, latitude -21.6315 South, depth = 35.83 km. Unique identifier: us6000ben9. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000ben9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/08/20 / 2020-08-09 06:53:48 / August 9, 2020 @ 6:53 am UTC/GMT.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: southeast of the Loyalty Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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