A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported southeast of the Loyalty Islands (0 miles) on Monday. Event id: us6000dh3g. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000dh3g. Global time and date of event 08/02/21 / 2021-02-08 13:14:18 / February 8, 2021 @ 1:14 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 171.6435 East, latitude -22.8741 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 13:14:18 / 1:14 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and nineteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: southeast of the Loyalty Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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