A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/10/24 / 2024-10-20 18:31:41 / October 20, 2024 @ 6:31 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 18:31:41 / 6:31 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 81.085 km (50 miles). Exact location of event, depth 81.085 km, 166.1707° East, -11.4561° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000nqn1. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nqn1.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 90 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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