A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. Exact location, longitude 165.019° East, latitude -10.4949° South, depth = 35.99 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/10/15 / 2015-10-20 20:29:39 / October 20, 2015 @ 8:29 pm. 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 35.99 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us10003rw4. Event ids that are associated: us10003rw4. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:29:39 / 7:29 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 92 km (57 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 one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-seven 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 92 km WNW of Lata, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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