A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 165.4066° East, latitude -10.557° South, depth = 10 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:46:11 / 12:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/07/15 / 2015-07-18 13:46:11 / July 18, 2015 @ 1:46 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us20002yd6. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002yd6.
The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lata (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 49 km WNW of Lata, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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