A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:34:30 / 6:34 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us20002yhj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002yhj. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/07/15 / 2015-07-19 07:34:30 / July 19, 2015 @ 7:34 am. Exact location of earthquake, 165.4151° East, -10.4099° South, depth 10 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata. Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days twenty-three 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 56 km NW of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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