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Light mag. 4.8 earthquake - Solomon Islands on Friday, 24 February 2017

Light mag. 4.8 earthquake - Solomon Islands on Friday, 24 February 2017
Date & time: Fri, 24 Feb 09:44:18 UTC
Magnitude: 4.8
Depth: 25.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 9.54°S / 159.78°E (Solomon Islands)
Nearest volcano: Gallego (22 km)
Primary data source: GFZ
If you felt this quake (or if you were near the epicenter), please share your experience with us and submit a short "I felt it" report.
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Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Fri, 24 Feb 2017
Fri, 24 Feb 09:44 UTCM 4.8 / 25 km SOLOMON ISLANDS[Map]EMSC
Fri, 24 Feb 09:44 UTCM 4.9 / 28.4 km- 20km SSW of Honiara, Solomon Islands[Map]USGS

"I felt it" reports:
Honiara / MMI VI (Strong shaking)
Honiara / MMI VI (Strong shaking)
honiara (26.9 km ENE from epicenter) [Map] / MMI VI (Strong shaking) (via app)
Honiara, Solomon Islands (25.5 km ENE from epicenter) [Map] / MMI III (Weak shaking)
Honiara (Solomon Islands) (25 km NE from epicenter)(no details): I felt it 10 minutes ago. (via EMSC)
Earthquakes in same area up to 1 year afterwards (likely aftershocks)
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Thu, 9 Mar 2017
Thu, 9 Mar 17:20 UTCM 4.9 / 60.2 km - [info]- 64km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands[Map]USGS
Sat, 15 Apr 2017
Sat, 15 Apr 23:53 UTCM 4.8 / 42 km - [info] SOLOMON ISLANDS[Map]EMSC
Thu, 27 Apr 2017
Thu, 27 Apr 09:31 UTCM 4.9 / 46 km - [info] SOLOMON ISLANDS[Map]EMSC
Sat, 29 Apr 2017
Sat, 29 Apr 22:33 UTCM 5.0 / 120 km - [info] SOLOMON ISLANDS[Map]EMSC
Tue, 16 May 2017
Tue, 16 May 18:10 UTCM 4.6 / 65.5 km - [info]- 48km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands[Map]USGS
Fri, 19 May 2017
Fri, 19 May 11:17 UTCM 5.1 / 10 km - [info]Solomon Islands[Map]GFZ
Fri, 19 May 14:31 UTCM 5.0 / 10 km - [info]Solomon Islands[Map]GFZ
Fri, 19 May 16:49 UTCM 5.1 / 10 km - [info]Solomon Islands[Map]GFZ
Fri, 19 May 17:57 UTCM 4.6 / 70 km - [info] SOLOMON ISLANDS[Map]EMSC
Mon, 29 May 2017
Mon, 29 May 01:10 UTCM 4.7 / 35 km - [info]- 53km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands[Map]USGS
Wed, 7 Jun 2017
Wed, 7 Jun 12:23 UTCM 5.0 / 10 km - [info]Solomon Islands[Map]GFZ
Fri, 9 Jun 2017
Fri, 9 Jun 20:32 UTCM 5.1 / 10 km - [info]Solomon Islands[Map]GFZ
Wed, 21 Jun 2017
Wed, 21 Jun 20:53 UTCM 5.4 / 10 km - [info]Solomon Islands[Map]GFZ
Thu, 6 Jul 2017
Thu, 6 Jul 12:39 UTCM 4.5 / 55.3 km - [info]- 56km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands[Map]USGS
Fri, 28 Jul 2017
Fri, 28 Jul 00:47 UTCM 5.0 / 73.9 km - [info]- 43km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands[Map]USGS
Sun, 6 Aug 2017
Sun, 6 Aug 00:15 UTCM 5.8 / 10 km - [info]Solomon Islands[Map]GFZ
Thu, 10 Aug 2017
Thu, 10 Aug 01:52 UTCM 4.8 / 10 km - [info]Solomon Islands[Map]GFZ
Sun, 13 Aug 2017
Sun, 13 Aug 01:57 UTCM 4.5 / 74 km - [info] SOLOMON ISLANDS[Map]EMSC
Sun, 13 Aug 03:47 UTCM 5.0 / 34.3 km - [info]- 121km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands[Map]USGS
Mon, 28 Aug 2017
Mon, 28 Aug 12:06 UTCM 4.9 / 33.8 km - [info]- 36km SSW of Honiara, Solomon Islands[Map]USGS
Mon, 16 Oct 2017
Mon, 16 Oct 20:05 UTCM 4.9 / 71 km - [info] SOLOMON ISLANDS[Map]EMSC
Thu, 16 Nov 14:50 UTCM 5.1 / 10 km - [info]Solomon Islands[Map]GFZ
Sun, 19 Nov 2017
Sun, 19 Nov 17:53 UTCM 4.7 / 10 km - [info] SOLOMON ISLANDS[Map]EMSC
Thu, 21 Dec 2017
Thu, 21 Dec 03:01 UTCM 4.9 / 10 km - [info]- 87km WNW of Honiara, Solomon Islands[Map]USGS
Thu, 21 Dec 03:01 UTCM 5.1 / 100 km - [info]S. of Solomon Islands[Map]GeoAu

 

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