A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 123 km SE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands (76 miles). Exact location of event, depth 39.3 km, 162.8551° East, -11.0756° South. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006en6. Id of event: us20006en6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 08/07/16 / 2016-07-08 13:06:57 / July 8, 2016 @ 1:06 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:06:57 / 12:06 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 39.3 km (24 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 123 km SE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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