A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Dadali in Solomon Islands. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/10/17 / 2017-10-31 13:42:25 / October 31, 2017 @ 1:42 pm. Id of earthquake: us2000bkym. Event ids that are associated: us2000bkym. The temblor was detected at 00:42:25 / 12:42 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 153.85 km (96 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.1507 East, latitude -8.2696 South, depth = 153.85 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Buala. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). The epicenter was 51 km (31 miles) from Buala (c. 2 700 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 27 km SSE of Dadali, Solomon Islands.
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