A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/04/16 / 2016-04-28 22:11:16 / April 28, 2016 @ 10:11 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 162.3153° East, -11.0784° South, depth 34.84 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 34.84 km (22 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005ead. Id of event: us10005ead. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:11:16 / 9:11 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 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 three and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 81 km SSE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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