A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. Exact location, longitude 165.0914° East, latitude -11.2487° South, depth = 20.26 km. The temblor was picked up at 19:05:04 / 7:05 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000b2yw. Id of event: us2000b2yw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/10/17 / 2017-10-09 08:05:04 / October 9, 2017 @ 8:05 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 20.26 km (13 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
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. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 100 km SW of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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