A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Honiara in Solomon Islands on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000643u. Unique identifier: us2000643u. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 19:36:04 / 7:36 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 07/06/16 / 2016-06-07 08:36:04 / June 7, 2016 @ 8:36 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 66.33 km, 159.8554° East, -9.2198° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 66.33 km (41 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 26 km (16 miles) from Honiara (c. 56 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Tulaghi (c. 1 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tulaghi, Honiara.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ten 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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