A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 142 km SSW of Dadali, Solomon Islands (88 miles) on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 158.4014° East, latitude -9.1752° South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/07/15 / 2015-07-10 04:23:34 / July 10, 2015 @ 4:23 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:23:34 / 3:23 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us200031b7. Event ids that are associated: us200031b7.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixteen 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 142 km SSW of Dadali, Solomon Islands.
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