A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands on Friday. Global time and date of event 31/05/24 / 2024-05-31 07:28:02 / May 31, 2024 @ 7:28 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 166.0694° East, -10.6735° South, depth 79.769 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mqr3. Id of event: us7000mqr3. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 79.769 km (50 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:28:02 / 7:28 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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