A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, southeast of the Loyalty Islands (0 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 172.0828 East, latitude -22.6761 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 picked up at 14:06:44 / 2:06 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000dhtv. Id of event: us6000dhtv. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/02/21 / 2021-02-15 14:06:44 / February 15, 2021 @ 2:06 pm.
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days ninety-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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