A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 165.4797° East, -10.5429° South, depth 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000306y. Id of event: us1000306y. The temblor was detected at 18:44:09 / 6:44 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/07/15 / 2015-07-18 07:44:09 / July 18, 2015 @ 7:44 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata. Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 43 km WNW of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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