A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 268 km SW of Gizo, Solomon Islands (167 miles). The temblor was picked up at 23:41:50 / 11:41 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/04/20 / 2020-04-21 13:41:50 / April 21, 2020 @ 1:41 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 155.1836 East, latitude -9.882 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us60009dby. Unique identifier: us60009dby.
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 two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 268 km SW of Gizo, Solomon Islands.
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