A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands on Sunday. Exact location, longitude 166.5027° East, latitude -11.1434° South, depth = 150.18 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/03/19 / 2019-03-31 07:02:57 / March 31, 2019 @ 7:02 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000k7vw. Id of event: us2000k7vw. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 150.18 km (93 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 18:02:57 / 6:02 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lata (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 87 km ESE of Lata, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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