A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 01:10:48 / 1:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/04/18 / 2018-04-13 14:10:48 / April 13, 2018 @ 2:10 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 71.05 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 165.7637 East, latitude -10.9743 South, depth = 71.05 km. Unique identifier: us2000dzpp. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000dzpp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 30 km (18 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 29 km SSW of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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