A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 108 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands (67 miles) on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/07/15 / 2015-07-18 11:38:03 / July 18, 2015 @ 11:38 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003071. Unique identifier: us10003071. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 164.8599° East, -10.5502° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 22:38:03 / 10:38 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 108 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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