A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/06/16 / 2016-06-16 19:32:24 / June 16, 2016 @ 7:32 pm. The temblor was picked up at 06:32:24 / 6:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 162.3934 East, latitude -11.0277 South, depth = 55.55 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us200065zt. Event ids that are associated: us200065zt. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.55 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
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 three and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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 SE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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