A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 60.08 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 60.08 km, 166.1603° East, -10.7185° South. Id of earthquake: us1000jlw2. Event ids that are associated: us1000jlw2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/03/19 / 2019-03-18 14:33:18 / March 18, 2019 @ 2:33 pm. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:33:18 / 1:33 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 35 km E of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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