A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:58:34 / 11:58 am (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 25/05/24 / 2024-05-25 11:58:34 / May 25, 2024 @ 11:58 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 165.2974° East, -10.9644° South. Id of earthquake: us7000mp8x. Event ids that are associated: us7000mp8x.
Earthquake epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 60 km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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