A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. The epicenter was at a depth of 63.08 km (39 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 12:26:30 / 12:26 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/08/18 / 2018-08-09 01:26:30 / August 9, 2018 @ 1:26 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g5lf. Id of event: us1000g5lf. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 166.1865 East, latitude -11.4442 South, depth = 63.08 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata. Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-eight 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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