A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 115 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands (71 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/12/17 / 2017-12-13 12:53:32 / December 13, 2017 @ 12:53 pm. 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 169.36 km (105 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us1000btsr. Event ids that are associated: us1000btsr. The temblor was picked up at 23:53:32 / 11:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 169.36 km, 165.8845° East, -11.7597° South.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 115 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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