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

This quake was likely an aftershock of the M 7.7 quake: Solomon Islands on Thu, 8 Dec 17h38, which had occurred 11 weeks earlier.
Light mag. 4.8 earthquake - Solomon Islands on Friday, 24 February 2017
Date & time: Friday, 24 February 2017 09:44 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
Estimated released energy: 1*10^12 J (278 MWh / 239 tons of TNT) [learn more]
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Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies
TimeMag. / DepthLocationSource
Fri, 24 Feb 2017
Fri, 24 Feb 09:44 UTCM 4.8 / 25 km SOLOMON ISLANDSEMSC
Fri, 24 Feb 09:44 UTCM 4.9 / 28.4 km- 20km SSW of Honiara, Solomon IslandsUSGS

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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)

 

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