A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 159 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands (99 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 166.6269° East, latitude -11.9249° South, depth = 100.14 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:39:07 / 6:39 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/04/18 / 2018-04-26 19:39:07 / April 26, 2018 @ 7:39 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000dw1j. Event ids that are associated: us1000dw1j. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 100.14 km (62 miles).
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 fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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: 159 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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