A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 119 kilometers (74 miles) from Honiara in Solomon Islands. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 160.8422 East, latitude -10.0526 South, depth = 23.48 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/01/20 / 2020-01-30 13:15:26 / January 30, 2020 @ 1:15 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.48 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us60007k1v. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007k1v. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:15:26 / 12:15 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) from Taro’a (c. 500 pop). Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taro’a.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each 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.
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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. 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: 119 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands.
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