A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, southeast of the Loyalty Islands (0 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:38:19 / 11:38 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000dj88. Id of event: us6000dj88. Exact location of event, longitude 171.6168 East, latitude -22.6678 South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/02/21 / 2021-02-11 23:38:19 / February 11, 2021 @ 11:38 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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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