A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 119 km W of Honiara, Solomon Islands (74 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10008tk4. Unique identifier: us10008tk4. Exact location of event, longitude 158.876 East, latitude -9.2593 South, depth = 24.91 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/05/17 / 2017-05-19 14:45:59 / May 19, 2017 @ 2:45 pm. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:45:59 / 1:45 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 24.91 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 119 km W of Honiara, Solomon Islands.
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