A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Honiara in Solomon Islands on Friday. Global time and date of event 21/12/17 / 2017-12-21 21:05:05 / December 21, 2017 @ 9:05 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000c134. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000c134. The temblor was reported at 08:05:05 / 8:05 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 159.1422° East, -9.2132° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Honiara (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Honiara (c. 56 300 pop). Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 have been detected nearby. 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. 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: 92 km WNW of Honiara, Solomon Islands.
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