A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Honiara in Solomon Islands on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, 159.3805° East, -9.3436° South, depth 18.74 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/07/18 / 2018-07-29 16:15:46 / July 29, 2018 @ 4:15 pm. Unique identifier: us1000g20d. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000g20d. The temblor was reported at 03:15:46 / 3:15 am (local time epicenter). 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 18.74 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tulaghi, Honiara (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Honiara (c. 56 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Tulaghi (c. 1 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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