A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. Exact location of event, longitude 166.0302 East, latitude -10.544 South, depth = 140.55 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 140.55 km (87 miles). The temblor was reported at 11:00:49 / 11:00 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us700058c0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700058c0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/08/19 / 2019-08-14 00:00:49 / August 14, 2019 @ 12:00 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lata (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 29 km (18 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 28 km NE of Lata, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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