A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/04/16 / 2016-04-20 01:16:42 / April 20, 2016 @ 1:16 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005dsg. Id of event: us10005dsg. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 57.84 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 166.0648 East, latitude -11.4498 South, depth = 57.84 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:16:42 / 12:16 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata. Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 84 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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