A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes southeast of the Loyalty Islands (0 miles) on Friday. Exact location, longitude 172.5763° East, latitude -23.0938° South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 01/01/21 / 2021-01-01 03:46:52 / January 1, 2021 @ 3:46 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was 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 03:46:52 / 3:46 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000d7q3. Event ids that are associated: us6000d7q3.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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