Mag. 4.7 earthquake - Solomon Sea, Solomon Islands, on Tuesday, 19 January 2016 at 09:08 (GMT)

Mag. 4.7 earthquake - Solomon Sea, Solomon Islands, on Tuesday, 19 January 2016 at 09:08 (GMT)

Light magnitude 4.7 earthquake at 10 km depth

19 Jan 10:24 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Jan 19 15:48: Magnitude recalculated from 4.8 to 4.7.
Date & time: 19 Jan 2016 09:08:59 UTC
Magnitude: 4.7
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 9°S / 157.97°E (Solomon Sea, Solomon Islands)
Nearest volcano: Kavachi (9 km / 6 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
159 km (99 mi) SE of Gizo (New Georgia Group) (pop: 6,150) --> See nearby quakes!
202 km (126 mi) WSW of Buala (pop: 2,700) --> See nearby quakes!
207 km (128 mi) WNW of Malango (pop: 10,500) --> See nearby quakes!
240 km (149 mi) W of Tulagi (Florida Islands) (pop: 1,750) --> See nearby quakes!
301 km (187 mi) W of Auki (pop: 6,810) --> See nearby quakes!
406 km (253 mi) SE of Arawa (Papua New Guinea) (pop: 40,300) --> See nearby quakes!
33 km (20 mi) SSW of Kingguru Island --> See nearby quakes!
246 km (153 mi) WNW of Guadalcanal Island (pop: 65,200) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Estimated released energy: 7.1 x 1011 joules (197 megawatt hours, equivalent to 169 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 4.710 km SOLOMON ISLANDSEMSC
M 4.846 kmSolomon IslandsGFZ
M 4.810 km- 158km SW of Dadali, Solomon IslandsUSGS

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Mag. 4.7 earthquake - Solomon Sea, Solomon Islands, on Tuesday, 19 January 2016 at 09:08 (GMT)
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