A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 23:51:10 / 11:51 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/07/15 / 2015-07-18 12:51:10 / July 18, 2015 @ 12:51 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.3227 East, latitude -10.3936 South, depth = 82.73 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 82.73 km (51 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003074. Id of event: us10003074.
Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 65 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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