A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Auki in Solomon Islands. Global time and date of event 20/01/18 / 2018-01-20 08:43:47 / January 20, 2018 @ 8:43 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000cdr5. Id of event: us1000cdr5. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.34 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 161.0702° East, -9.0259° South, depth 44.34 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 19:43:47 / 7:43 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from Auki (c. 6 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Taro’a (c. 500 pop). Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Auki, Taro’a (min 5000 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 eleven 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.
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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: 49 km SE of Auki, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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