A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. Exact location, longitude 166.3667° East, latitude -10.9658° South, depth = 159.31 km. Unique identifier: us10002n9l. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002n9l. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:54:59 / 9:54 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/06/15 / 2015-06-19 22:54:59 / June 19, 2015 @ 10:54 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 159.31 km (99 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 64 km ESE of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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