A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Honiara in Solomon Islands. Exact location of earthquake, 159.9365° East, -9.6694° South, depth 39.05 km. The temblor was reported at 18:42:22 / 6:42 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 39.05 km (24 miles). Id of earthquake: us100031uu. Event ids that are associated: us100031uu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/07/15 / 2015-07-24 07:42:22 / July 24, 2015 @ 7:42 am.
Event epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Honiara (c. 56 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Tulaghi (c. 1 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tulaghi, Honiara. Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 26 km S of Honiara, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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