Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near the Loyalty Islands

Earthquake location -23.1707S, 171.4628WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes southeast of the Loyalty Islands (0 miles) on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000dj9r. Unique identifier: us6000dj9r. Exact location of event, longitude 171.4628 East, latitude -23.1707 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:09:25 / 4:09 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/02/21 / 2021-02-12 04:09:25 / February 12, 2021 @ 4:09 am.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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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