A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Auki in Solomon Islands. The temblor was picked up at 11:02:32 / 11:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 160.4681 East, latitude -8.9607 South, depth = 68.743 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/05/24 / 2024-05-18 11:02:32 / May 18, 2024 @ 11:02 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 68.743 km (43 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000n0qb. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000n0qb.
The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Honiara (c. 56 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Auki (c. 6 800 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Tulaghi (c. 1 800 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Taro’a (c. 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taro’a, Honiara, Tulaghi (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 33 km SW of Auki, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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