A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 109 km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands (68 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 20:39:02 / 8:39 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us600069bj. Ids that are associated to the event: us600069bj. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/11/19 / 2019-11-02 09:39:02 / November 2, 2019 @ 9:39 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 164.9362 East, latitude -11.1601 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 109 km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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