A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Tulagi in Solomon Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 86.122 km (54 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 160.3017 East, latitude -9.0954 South, depth = 86.122 km. Unique identifier: us6000pmhw. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pmhw. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/01/25 / 2025-01-27 01:56:30 / January 27, 2025 @ 1:56 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:56:30 / 1:56 am (local time epicenter).
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 Auki, Honiara, Tulaghi. Event epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Honiara (c. 56 300 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Auki (c. 6 800 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Tulaghi (c. 1 800 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km E of Tulagi, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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