A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Gizo in Solomon Islands. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/09/17 / 2017-09-27 12:24:54 / September 27, 2017 @ 12:24 pm. Exact location of event, depth 16.3 km, 156.3901° East, -7.9679° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000b1e6. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000b1e6. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:24:54 / 10:24 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 16.3 km (10 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Gizo (c. 6 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gizo. 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 three and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 51 km WNW of Gizo, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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