A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 165.0065 East, latitude -10.7213 South, depth = 62.5 km. Global time and date of event 23/05/18 / 2018-05-23 20:22:03 / May 23, 2018 @ 8:22 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:22:03 / 7:22 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 62.5 km (39 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ec32. Id of event: us1000ec32.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 90 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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