A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 125.71 km (78 miles). Exact location of event, depth 125.71 km, 166.444° East, -11.2361° South. Unique identifier: us7000ce9l. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ce9l. The temblor was picked up at 19:19:51 / 7:19 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/11/20 / 2020-11-09 19:19:51 / November 9, 2020 @ 7:19 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 90 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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