A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 38 km WSW of Chirovanga, Solomon Islands (24 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 156.2301 East, latitude -6.7366 South, depth = 197.76 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 197.76 km (123 miles). The temblor was detected at 19:20:45 / 7:20 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us70008wmg. Event ids that are associated: us70008wmg. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/04/20 / 2020-04-07 09:20:45 / April 7, 2020 @ 9:20 am.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve 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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