A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) was reported southeast of the Loyalty Islands (0 miles) on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 171.2408 East, latitude -22.8574 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/02/21 / 2021-02-11 08:22:10 / February 11, 2021 @ 8:22 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 08:22:10 / 8:22 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000dglp. Id of event: us6000dglp.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-two, in the last 10 days sixty-nine, in the past 30 days seventy-two and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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