A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 111 km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands (69 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/11/17 / 2017-11-18 10:57:22 / November 18, 2017 @ 10:57 am. Exact location, longitude 164.9469° East, latitude -11.2157° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 21:57:22 / 9:57 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000bqyh. Unique identifier: us2000bqyh.
Each 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. 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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 111 km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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