A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:41:40 / 8:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 165.9568° East, latitude -10.8925° South, depth = 58.257 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.257 km (36 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/11/24 / 2024-11-13 20:41:40 / November 13, 2024 @ 8:41 pm. Unique identifier: us7000nuwy. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nuwy.
Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lata. Earthquake epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop).
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 twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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