a strong magnitude 5.5 earthquake occurred in the Solomon sea near mono island island Solomon Islands in the afternoon of Sunday September 8th 2024 at 4:01 p.m. local time GMT +11 the Quake had a shallow depth of 42 km 26 Mi and was reported felt by some people near the epicenter the closest larger town where the Quake might have been felt as bun a town with 750 inhabitants in Papua New Guinea in 88 km 55 Mi distance Northwest of the epicenter people likely experience light shaking there in the capital of the Solomon Islands pona 477 km 296 Mi away from the epicenter [Music]