A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.9917 East, latitude -10.3017 South, depth = 55.6 km. The temblor was picked up at 12:42:46 / 12:42 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002wa8. Id of event: us20002wa8. The epicenter was at a depth of 55.6 km (35 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/06/15 / 2015-06-24 01:42:46 / June 24, 2015 @ 1:42 am UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 19 km (12 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km NNE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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