tenggara Kepulauan Loyalitas

Gempa bumi berkekuatan M7.2 mengguncang southeast of the Loyalty Islands pada kedalaman 10 km. Peristiwa seismik early 21st century ini dicatat dan dianalisis oleh Survei Geologi Amerika Serikat.This earthquake occurred in a subduction zone, where one plate descends beneath another into the mantle. Subduction zones generate the planet's most powerful earthquakes.