A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/07/15 / 2015-07-18 05:53:42 / July 18, 2015 @ 5:53 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 165.3701° East, -10.5494° South, depth 10 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:53:42 / 4:53 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000306j. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000306j.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lata. Epicenter of the event was 54 km (34 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Close 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 53 km WNW of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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