A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Buala in Solomon Islands on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100076vq. Id of event: us100076vq. Exact location of event, depth 64.03 km, 159.9854° East, -8.3475° South. The temblor was detected at 07:47:51 / 7:47 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/11/16 / 2016-11-05 20:47:51 / November 5, 2016 @ 8:47 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 64.03 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Auki (c. 6 800 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Buala (c. 2 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Tulaghi (c. 1 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Auki, Tulaghi, Buala.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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.
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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. 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: 48 km ESE of Buala, Solomon Islands.
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