A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 165.3123° East, -10.2892° South. The temblor was detected at 13:41:59 / 1:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/07/15 / 2015-07-18 02:41:59 / July 18, 2015 @ 2:41 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000306q. Event ids that are associated: us1000306q.
Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lata (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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