A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The temblor was detected at 00:29:47 / 12:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 161.6595° East, latitude -11.1878° South, depth = 35.22 km. Unique identifier: us10004sda. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004sda. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/02/16 / 2016-02-21 13:29:47 / February 21, 2016 @ 1:29 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.22 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 85 km SSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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