A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Dadali in Solomon Islands on Thursday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:35:54 / 6:35 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/01/18 / 2018-01-18 07:35:54 / January 18, 2018 @ 7:35 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 104.65 km (65 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000crr4. Unique identifier: us2000crr4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 158.926° East, latitude -8.454° South, depth = 104.65 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Buala. Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Buala (c. 2 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 46 km SSW of Dadali, Solomon Islands.
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