A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 152 km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands (94 miles) on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/05/20 / 2020-05-16 19:04:30 / May 16, 2020 @ 7:04 pm. The temblor was picked up at 19:04:30 / 7:04 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 164.4469 East, latitude -11.0869 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us70009nan. Unique identifier: us70009nan.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
How would you describe the shaking?
How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 152 km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands.
Copyright © 2020 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply