A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 120 km SW of Lata, Solomon Islands (75 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/07/15 / 2015-07-31 22:58:50 / July 31, 2015 @ 10:58 pm. The temblor was picked up at 09:58:50 / 9:58 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 165.1503° East, -11.5751° South. Event id: us10002x0p. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002x0p.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifteen 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. 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: 120 km SW of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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