A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. Event id: us2000fqal. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fqal. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 41.43 km (26 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 165.949 East, latitude -10.6412 South, depth = 41.43 km. The temblor was reported at 01:22:32 / 1:22 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 22/06/18 / 2018-06-22 14:22:32 / June 22, 2018 @ 2:22 pm UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 15 km (9 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lata (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 15 km ENE of Lata, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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