A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/12/18 / 2018-12-31 02:07:50 / December 31, 2018 @ 2:07 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j5m9. Id of event: us2000j5m9. The temblor was detected at 13:07:50 / 1:07 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 165.1927 East, latitude -11.1179 South, depth = 10 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lata. Event epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop).
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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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