A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.1 km (1 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 165.1195 East, latitude -11.1774 South, depth = 2.1 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/10/15 / 2015-10-21 20:29:52 / October 21, 2015 @ 8:29 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us10003qea. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003qea. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:29:52 / 7:29 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata.
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-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 93 km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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