A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, southeast of the Loyalty Islands (0 miles). The earthquake was roughly 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). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 170.5584° East, -23.0608° South. Unique identifier: us6000njcy. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000njcy. The temblor was picked up at 14:34:02 / 2:34 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/08/24 / 2024-08-10 14:34:02 / August 10, 2024 @ 2:34 pm.
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: southeast of the Loyalty Islands.
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