A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Buala in Solomon Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 75.77 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000nwlk. Event ids that are associated: us7000nwlk. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/11/24 / 2024-11-22 13:10:39 / November 22, 2024 @ 1:10 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:10:39 / 1:10 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 158.8344° East, latitude -8.442° South, depth = 75.77 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Buala. The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Buala (c. 2 700 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 89 km WSW of Buala, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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