A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 106 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands (66 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/12/24 / 2024-12-27 01:29:29 / December 27, 2024 @ 1:29 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 166.3301° East, -11.5287° South. The temblor was reported at 01:29:29 / 1:29 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000pimb. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pimb.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 106 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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