A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/03/19 / 2019-03-13 11:45:34 / March 13, 2019 @ 11:45 am. Exact location, longitude 166.6405° East, latitude -10.7255° South, depth = 40.85 km. Event id: us1000jk7r. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000jk7r. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 40.85 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:45:34 / 10:45 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 88 km E of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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