A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, southeast of the Loyalty Islands (0 miles). The temblor was detected at 08:53:41 / 8:53 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 11/02/21 / 2021-02-11 08:53:41 / February 11, 2021 @ 8:53 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000dj5v. Unique identifier: us6000dj5v. Exact location of event, longitude 171.6379 East, latitude -23.3701 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and seventy-four, in the last 10 days three hundred and eight, in the past 30 days three hundred and ten and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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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