A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes southeast of the Loyalty Islands (0 miles) on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rw13. Id of event: us6000rw13. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 04/12/25 / 2025-12-04 12:00:04 / December 4, 2025 @ 12:00 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 170.5406° East, latitude -22.9693° South, depth = 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:00:04 / 12:00 pm (local time epicenter).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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