A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/10/15 / 2015-10-25 10:40:02 / October 25, 2015 @ 10:40 am. Exact location of event, longitude 161.3487 East, latitude -10.4242 South, depth = 60.81 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 60.81 km (38 miles). The temblor was detected at 21:40:02 / 9:40 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us200040f9. Ids that are associated to the event: us200040f9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 62 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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