A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Buala in Solomon Islands on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000cp73. Id of event: us7000cp73. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 159.2876° East, -8.2685° South, depth 10 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:31:24 / 1:31 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/12/20 / 2020-12-04 01:31:24 / December 4, 2020 @ 1:31 am.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 36 km (23 miles) from Buala (c. 2 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Buala (min 5000 pop).
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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 36 km WSW of Buala, Solomon Islands.
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