A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:57:40 / 11:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 164.9664 East, latitude -10.603 South, depth = 56.946 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pc44. Id of event: us7000pc44. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/01/25 / 2025-01-31 23:57:40 / January 31, 2025 @ 11:57 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 56.946 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lata (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-two 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.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 91 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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