A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/06/24 / 2024-06-01 09:40:33 / June 1, 2024 @ 9:40 am. Exact location of earthquake, 165.2618° East, -10.755° South, depth 29.594 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000mpfz. Event ids that are associated: us7000mpfz. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:40:33 / 9:40 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 29.594 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 58 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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