A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 68.76 km (43 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us70008rqm. Event ids that are associated: us70008rqm. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/04/20 / 2020-04-03 15:14:14 / April 3, 2020 @ 3:14 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 165.4643° East, -10.5835° South, depth 68.76 km. The temblor was detected at 02:14:14 / 2:14 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 42 km WNW of Lata, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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