A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 143 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands (89 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 165.9981 East, latitude -12.01 South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us7000nsh0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nsh0. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 17:59:40 / 5:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/11/24 / 2024-11-18 17:59:40 / November 18, 2024 @ 5:59 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 143 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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