A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Auki in Solomon Islands. The epicenter was at a depth of 49.25 km (31 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 160.4197 East, latitude -8.5281 South, depth = 49.25 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/08/15 / 2015-08-10 21:57:44 / August 10, 2015 @ 9:57 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us100035b2. Unique identifier: us100035b2. The temblor was picked up at 08:57:44 / 8:57 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tulaghi, Auki (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Auki (c. 6 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Tulaghi (c. 1 800 pop).
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 40 km NW of Auki, Solomon Islands.
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