A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Gizo in Solomon Islands. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:13:37 / 1:13 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d221. Id of event: us2000d221. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 156.246 East, latitude -7.5143 South, depth = 34.68 km. 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 34.68 km (22 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/02/18 / 2018-02-03 03:13:37 / February 3, 2018 @ 3:13 am.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Gizo (c. 6 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gizo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 92 km NW of Gizo, Solomon Islands.
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