A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, 166.0423° East, -10.9198° South, depth 63.62 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 63.62 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/03/18 / 2018-03-15 01:26:23 / March 15, 2018 @ 1:26 am. The temblor was detected at 12:26:23 / 12:26 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000d4iu. Unique identifier: us1000d4iu.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). The epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 four and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 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: 32 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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