A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, southeast of the Loyalty Islands (0 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000dgt8. Unique identifier: us6000dgt8. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 171.607 East, latitude -22.7759 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 22:02:36 / 10:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/02/21 / 2021-02-11 22:02:36 / February 11, 2021 @ 10:02 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-six, in the last 10 days eighty-eight, in the past 30 days ninety-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: southeast of the Loyalty Islands.
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