A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, southeast of the Loyalty Islands (0 miles). Exact location, longitude 170.979° East, latitude -22.5669° South, depth = 35 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:18:12 / 6:18 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/09/25 / 2025-09-06 06:18:12 / September 6, 2025 @ 6:18 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000quci. Id of event: us7000quci. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).

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

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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. 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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