Major earthquake: M7.9 quake has struck near the Loyalty Islands

A major earthquake with magnitude 7.9 (ml/mb) was reported southeast of the Loyalty Islands (0 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has been issued near the Loyalty Islands (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 7.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:19:56 / 1:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 171.5 East, latitude -23.1 South, depth = 33 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/02/21 / 2021-02-10 13:19:56 / February 10, 2021 @ 1:19 pm. Event id: at00qobedd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00qobedd, pt21041004. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface.

There are an estimated 15 major quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

Did you feel anything?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: southeast of the Loyalty Islands.

the Loyalty Islands

More information

Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	7.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	171.5° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-23.1° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	33 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	southeast of the Loyalty Islands	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2021-02-10 13:19:56	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-02-10 13:31:23	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	REVIEWED	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	1	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	960	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	at	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,at,pt,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	34	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	8.057888	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.37 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	71.99999424	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Mi	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	at00qobedd	Id of event.
Event Code	00qobedd	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00qobedd,pt21041004,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Major earthquake: M7.9 quake has struck near the Loyalty Islands

Did you feel anything?

More information

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

Follow us!

Tsunami videos

Categories

Information