A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Buala in Solomon Islands on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 02:15:16 / 2:15 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/12/24 / 2024-12-19 02:15:16 / December 19, 2024 @ 2:15 am. Exact location of earthquake, 159.7562° East, -8.3654° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000phi7. Unique identifier: us6000phi7.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 30 km (19 miles) from Buala (c. 2 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Tulaghi (c. 1 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tulaghi, Buala (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 30 km SE of Buala, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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