A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/10/18 / 2018-10-05 08:19:43 / October 5, 2018 @ 8:19 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 166.0414° East, latitude -10.6563° South, depth = 175.24 km. The temblor was reported at 19:19:43 / 7:19 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 175.24 km (109 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000han4. Id of event: us1000han4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 24 km (15 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata.
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 three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 23 km ENE of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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