A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. The temblor was detected at 07:24:03 / 7:24 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 80.428 km (50 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us6000phii. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000phii. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/12/24 / 2024-12-19 07:24:03 / December 19, 2024 @ 7:24 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 165.8134 East, latitude -11.0116 South, depth = 80.428 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata. Epicenter of the event was 33 km (20 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 31 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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