A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands on Monday. 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 154.45 km (96 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006ux9. Id of event: us20006ux9. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/08/16 / 2016-08-29 01:36:32 / August 29, 2016 @ 1:36 am UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:36:32 / 12:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 154.45 km, 166.2206° East, -10.8204° South.
Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lata.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 43 km ESE of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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