A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 101 km W of Honiara, Solomon Islands (63 miles) on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 10/04/19 / 2019-04-10 09:14:25 / April 10, 2019 @ 9:14 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 159.0318° East, -9.3345° South, depth 13.08 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:14:25 / 8:14 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13.08 km (8 miles). Unique identifier: us700037ue. Ids that are associated to the event: us700037ue.
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 101 km W of Honiara, Solomon Islands.
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