A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us10002xwv. Unique identifier: us10002xwv. Exact location, longitude 161.6637° East, latitude -10.6021° South, depth = 35 km. The temblor was picked up at 22:34:57 / 10:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/07/15 / 2015-07-15 11:34:57 / July 15, 2015 @ 11:34 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira.
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 four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 32 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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