A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, southeast of the Loyalty Islands (0 miles). The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:07:02 / 10:07 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/02/21 / 2021-02-15 10:07:02 / February 15, 2021 @ 10:07 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 107.5 km (67 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 172.5979 East, latitude -22.8676 South, depth = 107.5 km. Event id: us6000dhse. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000dhse.
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fifty-five, in the past 30 days seventy-six and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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