A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Honiara in Solomon Islands. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/02/19 / 2019-02-08 18:40:14 / February 8, 2019 @ 6:40 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.07 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000jffx. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jffx. The temblor was detected at 05:40:14 / 5:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 160.1761° East, -9.7022° South, depth 33.07 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tulaghi, Honiara (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 39 km (24 miles) from Honiara (c. 56 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Tulaghi (c. 1 800 pop).
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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 38 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands.
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