A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 109 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands (68 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:46:11 / 4:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/03/19 / 2019-03-06 17:46:11 / March 6, 2019 @ 5:46 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000jgbh. Event ids that are associated: us1000jgbh. Exact location of earthquake, 166.5146° East, -11.4436° South, depth 89.77 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 89.77 km (56 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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: 109 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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