A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 144 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands (89 miles). Global time and date of event 16/10/24 / 2024-10-16 09:51:49 / October 16, 2024 @ 9:51 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 108.554 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nq0s. Unique identifier: us7000nq0s. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:51:49 / 9:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 166.4155° East, -11.8766° South, depth 108.554 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 144 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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