A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 151.651 km (94 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nhp6. Id of event: us6000nhp6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/08/24 / 2024-08-02 19:59:47 / August 2, 2024 @ 7:59 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 166.0443 East, latitude -10.7133 South, depth = 151.651 km. The temblor was reported at 19:59:47 / 7:59 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata. 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 27 km E of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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