A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000jbbt. Unique identifier: us1000jbbt. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/02/19 / 2019-02-24 16:49:52 / February 24, 2019 @ 4:49 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 165.9686° East, -10.9308° South, depth 35 km. The temblor was reported at 03:49:52 / 3:49 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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