A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 102 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands (63 miles). The temblor was detected at 04:50:59 / 4:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/12/17 / 2017-12-02 17:50:59 / December 2, 2017 @ 5:50 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 166.4443 East, latitude -11.4216 South, depth = 69.91 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 69.91 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000c22i. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000c22i.
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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 102 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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