A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Honiara in Solomon Islands on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10004323. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004323. Global time and date of event 30/11/15 / 2015-11-30 00:28:47 / November 30, 2015 @ 12:28 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 159.7135 East, latitude -9.9981 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 11:28:47 / 11:28 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Honiara (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Honiara (c. 56 300 pop). Close 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 67 km SSW of Honiara, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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