A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Honiara in Solomon Islands on Monday. Unique identifier: us1000g208. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000g208. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:22:51 / 1:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/07/18 / 2018-07-29 14:22:51 / July 29, 2018 @ 2:22 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.16 km (3 miles). Exact location, longitude 159.2774° East, latitude -9.3253° South, depth = 5.16 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Honiara. Epicenter of the event was 75 km (46 miles) from Honiara (c. 56 300 pop). Close 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 74 km W of Honiara, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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