A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 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 07:56:26 / 7:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 170.32 East, latitude -23.8962 South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 17/07/25 / 2025-07-17 07:56:26 / July 17, 2025 @ 7:56 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qd67. Id of event: us7000qd67. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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