A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact location of event, depth 88.23 km, 161.2273° East, -10.0667° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:40:41 / 10:40 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/04/16 / 2016-04-16 11:40:41 / April 16, 2016 @ 11:40 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 88.23 km (55 miles). Id of earthquake: us10005bfd. Event ids that are associated: us10005bfd.
Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira (min 5000 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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 87 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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