A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands on Saturday. Event id: us70006bq2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006bq2. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 14:08:20 / 2:08 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/11/19 / 2019-11-16 03:08:20 / November 16, 2019 @ 3:08 am. Exact location, longitude 165.3525° East, latitude -10.6882° South, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata. Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 52 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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