A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/06/15 / 2015-06-15 12:13:02 / June 15, 2015 @ 12:13 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.14 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 165.6138° East, -11.4215° South, depth 8.14 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002lya. Id of event: us10002lya. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:13:02 / 11:13 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata (min 5000 pop).
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 two and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 81 km SSW of Lata, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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