A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/10/15 / 2015-10-16 23:31:33 / October 16, 2015 @ 11:31 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 170.2 km (106 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:31:33 / 10:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 166.2108 East, latitude -11.3454 South, depth = 170.2 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10003qr5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003qr5.
Epicenter of the event was 81 km (50 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata (min 5000 pop). 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 four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 80 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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