A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n0bn. Id of event: us7000n0bn. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/07/24 / 2024-07-11 04:00:03 / July 11, 2024 @ 4:00 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 165.9768 East, latitude -10.8821 South, depth = 91.065 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 91.065 km (57 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:00:03 / 4:00 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 24 km (15 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).
Each 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 three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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