A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands on Friday. Exact location, longitude 165.7557° East, latitude -10.8784° South, depth = 35 km. Id of earthquake: us6000ph59. Event ids that are associated: us6000ph59. The temblor was reported at 02:56:06 / 2:56 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). 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: 13/12/24 / 2024-12-13 02:56:06 / December 13, 2024 @ 2:56 am.
Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 20 km (12 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 17 km SSW of Lata, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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