A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Malango in Solomon Islands. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nrs5. Id of event: us7000nrs5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/10/24 / 2024-10-27 06:09:04 / October 27, 2024 @ 6:09 am. Exact location, longitude 159.1377° East, latitude -9.3462° South, depth = 11.763 km. The temblor was detected at 06:09:04 / 6:09 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.763 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Honiara (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Honiara (c. 56 300 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 74 km WNW of Malango, Solomon Islands.
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