A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Dadali in Solomon Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 85.59 km (53 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:27:39 / 8:27 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70005bgu. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005bgu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 158.9502° East, -8.4614° South, depth 85.59 km. Global time and date of event 27/08/19 / 2019-08-27 21:27:39 / August 27, 2019 @ 9:27 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Buala (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Buala.
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-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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: 46 km SSW of Dadali, Solomon Islands.
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