A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 104 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands (65 miles) on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 22:12:00 / 10:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/06/18 / 2018-06-16 11:12:00 / June 16, 2018 @ 11:12 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 41.16 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 166.222 East, latitude -11.5812 South, depth = 41.16 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000exm9. Id of event: us1000exm9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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 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: 104 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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