A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 143 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands (89 miles) on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/05/17 / 2017-05-26 19:21:44 / May 26, 2017 @ 7:21 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008x47. Id of event: us10008x47. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.67 km (41 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 166.2208 East, latitude -11.9588 South, depth = 65.67 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:21:44 / 6:21 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 143 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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