A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 122 kilometers (76 miles) from Honiara in Solomon Islands. Id of earthquake: us2000kau4. Event ids that are associated: us2000kau4. Exact location of event, depth 65.08 km, 160.9929° East, -9.8352° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/03/19 / 2019-03-30 05:25:09 / March 30, 2019 @ 5:25 am. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:25:09 / 4:25 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.08 km (40 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taro’a (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Taro’a (c. 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 122 km ESE of Honiara, Solomon Islands.
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