A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 74.62 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10004w2w. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004w2w. Exact location of event, longitude 161.2911 East, latitude -10.1118 South, depth = 74.62 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/03/16 / 2016-03-08 18:31:22 / March 8, 2016 @ 6:31 pm. The temblor was detected at 05:31:22 / 5:31 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taro’a, Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Taro’a (c. 500 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 78 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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