A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. All ids that are associated to the event: us20002yay. Unique identifier: us20002yay. Global time and date of event 18/07/15 / 2015-07-18 03:32:35 / July 18, 2015 @ 3:32 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:32:35 / 2:32 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 165.054° East, -10.3066° South, depth 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 97 km (60 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 96 km WNW of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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