A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 114 kilometers (71 miles) from Auki in Solomon Islands. The temblor was reported at 09:25:12 / 9:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/06/15 / 2015-06-29 22:25:12 / June 29, 2015 @ 10:25 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002xf7. Id of event: us20002xf7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.29 km (23 miles). Exact location, longitude 161.4502° East, latitude -9.4841° South, depth = 36.29 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taro’a (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Taro’a (c. 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 114 km SE of Auki, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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