A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 179 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands (111 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700090gk. Id of event: us700090gk. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:52:21 / 12:52 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 13/04/20 / 2020-04-13 01:52:21 / April 13, 2020 @ 1:52 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 164.1905 East, latitude -10.6548 South, depth = 10 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 179 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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