A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Malango in Solomon Islands. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/04/24 / 2024-04-21 01:54:49 / April 21, 2024 @ 1:54 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:54:49 / 1:54 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000mu1p. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mu1p. Exact location of event, depth 32.454 km, 159.7316° East, -9.6689° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 32.454 km (20 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tulaghi, Honiara (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Honiara (c. 56 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Tulaghi (c. 1 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 3 km NNE of Malango, Solomon Islands.
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