A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. All ids that are associated to the event: us200041c8. Unique identifier: us200041c8. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/10/15 / 2015-10-29 21:31:24 / October 29, 2015 @ 9:31 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 08:31:24 / 8:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 166.4099 East, latitude -10.4228 South, depth = 64.4 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 64.4 km (40 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lata. Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 71 km ENE of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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