A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 178 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands (111 miles). Unique identifier: us70008h10. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008h10. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/03/20 / 2020-03-21 06:18:13 / March 21, 2020 @ 6:18 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 166.8063 East, latitude -12.0189 South, depth = 205.64 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:18:13 / 5:18 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 205.64 km (128 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 178 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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