A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 99 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands (62 miles) on Sunday. 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: 25/08/19 / 2019-08-25 07:45:45 / August 25, 2019 @ 7:45 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 182.97 km (114 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 166.5308 East, latitude -11.2992 South, depth = 182.97 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:45:45 / 6:45 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us70005a83. Unique identifier: us70005a83.
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 99 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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