A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 168 km SW of Gizo, Solomon Islands (104 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/04/18 / 2018-04-20 23:16:36 / April 20, 2018 @ 11:16 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000dpnp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dpnp. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 155.9655° East, -9.3547° South, depth 10 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:16:36 / 9:16 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 168 km SW of Gizo, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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