A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Buala in Solomon Islands. The epicenter was at a depth of 72.562 km (45 miles). Exact location of event, depth 72.562 km, 159.205° East, -8.2573° South. 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: 09/01/25 / 2025-01-09 14:35:05 / January 9, 2025 @ 2:35 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000plgh. Unique identifier: us6000plgh. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:35:05 / 2:35 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Buala. The epicenter was 44 km (28 miles) from Buala (c. 2 700 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 44 km WSW of Buala, Solomon Islands.
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