A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Dadali in Solomon Islands. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/11/19 / 2019-11-12 19:31:03 / November 12, 2019 @ 7:31 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.51 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:31:03 / 6:31 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006ag6. Id of event: us70006ag6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 159.2325° East, latitude -8.2851° South, depth = 1.51 km.
The epicenter was 43 km (26 miles) from Buala (c. 2 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Buala.
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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 34 km SE of Dadali, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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