A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/05/24 / 2024-05-15 02:12:54 / May 15, 2024 @ 2:12 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 02:12:54 / 2:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 165.9765 East, latitude -10.2079 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n0a8. Id of event: us6000n0a8.
Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lata. Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (36 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 60 km NNE of Lata, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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