A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 133 km SE of Gizo, Solomon Islands (83 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude 157.7917 East, latitude -8.8503 South, depth = 37.19 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000409a. Unique identifier: us1000409a. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:57:54 / 1:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/11/15 / 2015-11-22 02:57:54 / November 22, 2015 @ 2:57 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.19 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-nine 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.
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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. 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: 133 km SE of Gizo, Solomon Islands.
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