A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 172 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands (107 miles) on Thursday. Exact location, longitude 164.2708° East, latitude -10.915° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 07:11:49 / 7:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/01/18 / 2018-01-31 20:11:49 / January 31, 2018 @ 8:11 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d0wt. Id of event: us2000d0wt.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 172 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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