A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 204 km SSW of Dadali, Solomon Islands (127 miles) on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/07/15 / 2015-07-12 04:18:34 / July 12, 2015 @ 4:18 am. Unique identifier: us20002wvr. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002wvr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 158.0794° East, latitude -9.6358° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 15:18:34 / 3:18 pm (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eight 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 204 km SSW of Dadali, Solomon Islands.
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