A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 110 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands (68 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/07/16 / 2016-07-20 11:04:16 / July 20, 2016 @ 11:04 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006g3r. Id of event: us20006g3r. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 80.73 km (50 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 22:04:16 / 10:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 166.2857° East, -11.6129° South, depth 80.73 km.
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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 110 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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