A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported southeast of the Loyalty Islands (0 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude 173.4698° East, latitude -22.534° South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000c9re. Unique identifier: us7000c9re. The earthquake occurred 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). The temblor was detected at 03:56:52 / 3:56 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/10/20 / 2020-10-28 03:56:52 / October 28, 2020 @ 3:56 am.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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