A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 155 km SSW of Dadali, Solomon Islands (96 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/07/15 / 2015-07-10 07:24:03 / July 10, 2015 @ 7:24 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us20002wic. Event ids that are associated: us20002wic. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 158.5117 East, latitude -9.3571 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:24:03 / 6:24 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 155 km SSW of Dadali, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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