A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 142 km SW of Dadali, Solomon Islands (88 miles) on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/09/18 / 2018-09-20 06:13:58 / September 20, 2018 @ 6:13 am. Exact location of event, longitude 158.2052 East, latitude -9.038 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:13:58 / 5:13 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000hhfs. Unique identifier: us2000hhfs. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 142 km SW of Dadali, Solomon Islands.
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