A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 166.3178 East, latitude -11.3067 South, depth = 59.86 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59.86 km (37 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/11/18 / 2018-11-09 23:41:07 / November 9, 2018 @ 11:41 pm. The temblor was detected at 10:41:07 / 10:41 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hq3a. Unique identifier: us1000hq3a.
Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata. Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 84 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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