A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 09:03:46 / 9:03 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005yhi. Id of event: us10005yhi. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 161.6873° East, latitude -11.1022° South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/06/16 / 2016-06-29 22:03:46 / June 29, 2016 @ 10:03 pm UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira.
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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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: 76 km SSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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