A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Buala in Solomon Islands. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.9318 East, latitude -8.1624 South, depth = 53.98 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53.98 km (34 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008rvm. Id of event: us10008rvm. The temblor was picked up at 21:31:24 / 9:31 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/05/17 / 2017-05-07 10:31:24 / May 7, 2017 @ 10:31 am.
Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Buala (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 37 km (23 miles) from Buala (c. 2 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 37 km E of Buala, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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