A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/09/19 / 2019-09-09 02:57:47 / September 9, 2019 @ 2:57 am. Event id: us70005dju. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005dju. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 77.95 km (48 miles). The temblor was reported at 13:57:47 / 1:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 166.1987° East, latitude -11.2023° South, depth = 77.95 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 66 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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