A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 102 km SE of Gizo, Solomon Islands (63 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 157.5361° East, -8.724° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us600064d5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600064d5. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/10/19 / 2019-10-20 23:34:07 / October 20, 2019 @ 11:34 pm. The temblor was picked up at 10:34:07 / 10:34 am (local time epicenter).
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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 102 km SE of Gizo, Solomon Islands.
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