A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact location of event, depth 83.49 km, 161.9561° East, -9.9027° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us100033xh. Event ids that are associated: us100033xh. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 83.49 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/08/15 / 2015-08-03 23:58:10 / August 3, 2015 @ 11:58 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:58:10 / 10:58 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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