NEW YORK, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted southeast of the Loyalty Islands at 22:49:38 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

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The epicenter, with a depth of 12.63 km, was initially determined to be at 23.1881 degrees south latitude and 171.7596 degrees east longitude.