A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. The epicenter was at a depth of 71.4 km (44 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/05/18 / 2018-05-14 11:48:15 / May 14, 2018 @ 11:48 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 166.192° East, latitude -11.4242° South, depth = 71.4 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e4nr. Id of event: us1000e4nr. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:48:15 / 10:48 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lata. The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 87 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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