A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:35:59 / 10:35 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000q3z0. Event ids that are associated: us6000q3z0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 60.831 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/03/25 / 2025-03-26 22:35:59 / March 26, 2025 @ 10:35 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 166.0374 East, latitude -10.9679 South, depth = 60.831 km.
Epicenter of the event was 36 km (22 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 37 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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