A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 56 km SSW of Dadali, Solomon Islands (35 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:25:05 / 12:25 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000j8tm. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000j8tm. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/02/19 / 2019-02-18 13:25:05 / February 18, 2019 @ 1:25 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 158.7704 East, latitude -8.4925 South, depth = 134.93 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 134.93 km (84 miles).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 56 km SSW of Dadali, Solomon Islands.
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