A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 102 km WNW of Lata, Solomon Islands (63 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 164.9952 East, latitude -10.3032 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000306g. Id of event: us1000306g. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 14:39:36 / 2:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/07/15 / 2015-07-18 03:39:36 / July 18, 2015 @ 3:39 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 102 km WNW of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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