A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Global time and date of event 29/05/16 / 2016-05-29 09:23:49 / May 29, 2016 @ 9:23 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000601h. Event ids that are associated: us2000601h. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:23:49 / 8:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 161.1621 East, latitude -10.2989 South, depth = 80.69 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 80.69 km (50 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
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 thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 84 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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