A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Malango in Solomon Islands. Event id: us6000pjze. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pjze. Global time and date of event 02/01/25 / 2025-01-02 06:00:40 / January 2, 2025 @ 6:00 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 159.1441° East, latitude -9.4261° South, depth = 8.634 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.634 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:00:40 / 6:00 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Honiara (c. 56 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Honiara (min 5000 pop).
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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 69 km WNW of Malango, Solomon Islands.
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