A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, southeast of the Loyalty Islands (0 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/02/21 / 2021-02-10 14:37:22 / February 10, 2021 @ 2:37 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 171.5166° East, -22.7176° South. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000dg8l. Id of event: us6000dg8l. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:37:22 / 2:37 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: southeast of the Loyalty Islands.
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