A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 155 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands (96 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 154.27 km (96 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/05/16 / 2016-05-14 07:49:56 / May 14, 2016 @ 7:49 am. The temblor was reported at 18:49:56 / 6:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 166.6835 East, latitude -11.8397 South, depth = 154.27 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005iw1. Id of event: us10005iw1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 155 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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