A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 145 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands (90 miles). Unique identifier: us2000k60c. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000k60c. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 161.22 km (100 miles). Global time and date of event 19/03/19 / 2019-03-19 13:29:29 / March 19, 2019 @ 1:29 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 166.867° East, latitude -11.5427° South, depth = 161.22 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:29:29 / 12:29 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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: 145 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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