A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 122 kilometers (76 miles) from Honiara in Solomon Islands. Exact location of earthquake, 160.8844° East, -10.0465° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700063gm. Id of event: us700063gm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 21:27:00 / 9:27 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/10/19 / 2019-10-27 10:27:00 / October 27, 2019 @ 10:27 am.
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 98 km (61 miles) from Taro’a (c. 500 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 122 km ESE of Honiara, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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