A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 183 km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands (114 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude 164.2398° East, latitude -11.2493° South, depth = 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was picked up at 05:18:52 / 5:18 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/04/17 / 2017-04-03 18:18:52 / April 3, 2017 @ 6:18 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us10008fj5. Unique identifier: us10008fj5.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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