A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. The temblor was detected at 11:13:00 / 11:13 am (local time epicenter). 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 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000bw6s. Event ids that are associated: us1000bw6s. Exact location of earthquake, 165.7853° East, -11.4003° South, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/12/17 / 2017-12-26 00:13:00 / December 26, 2017 @ 12:13 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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 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: 75 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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