A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 146 km SSW of Dadali, Solomon Islands (91 miles) on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 15:39:50 / 3:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 158.5724° East, -9.2953° South, depth 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us200031b9. Unique identifier: us200031b9. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/07/15 / 2015-07-10 04:39:50 / July 10, 2015 @ 4:39 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 146 km SSW of Dadali, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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