A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Buala in Solomon Islands. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.8214 East, latitude -7.6105 South, depth = 6.16 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/07/15 / 2015-07-30 22:48:22 / July 30, 2015 @ 10:48 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000335g. Unique identifier: us1000335g. The temblor was reported at 09:48:22 / 9:48 am (local time epicenter). 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 6.16 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Buala (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Buala (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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