A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/09/15 / 2015-09-10 07:15:45 / September 10, 2015 @ 7:15 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 165.2866 East, latitude -11.155 South, depth = 30.96 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 30.96 km (19 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:15:45 / 6:15 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20003hpt. Event ids that are associated: us20003hpt. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lata (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 76 km SW of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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