A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 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). The temblor was detected at 15:30:53 / 3:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 171.0122° East, -22.9254° South, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000dj0e. Unique identifier: us6000dj0e. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/02/21 / 2021-02-10 15:30:53 / February 10, 2021 @ 3:30 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: southeast of the Loyalty Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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