A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Honiara in Solomon Islands. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 27/05/24 / 2024-05-27 02:08:35 / May 27, 2024 @ 2:08 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000mq1x. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mq1x. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.812 km (25 miles). The temblor was detected at 02:08:35 / 2:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 160.463° East, latitude -9.6108° South, depth = 40.812 km.
Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Honiara (c. 56 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Tulaghi (c. 1 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Taro’a (c. 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taro’a, Tulaghi, Honiara.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 59 km ESE of Honiara, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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