A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 46.88 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:04:28 / 4:04 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 165.422 East, latitude -10.464 South, depth = 46.88 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/07/15 / 2015-07-18 17:04:28 / July 18, 2015 @ 5:04 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us20002yee. Unique identifier: us20002yee.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata. Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 52 km WNW of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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