A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Saturday. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:52:17 / 7:52 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20003j03. Event ids that are associated: us20003j03. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/09/15 / 2015-09-12 08:52:17 / September 12, 2015 @ 8:52 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 55.54 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 161.9735° East, -10.1203° South, depth 55.54 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 37 km N of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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