A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 161.3826° East, -10.411° South, depth 89.75 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/07/16 / 2016-07-13 01:11:58 / July 13, 2016 @ 1:11 am. The temblor was detected at 12:11:58 / 12:11 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us20006fte. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006fte. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 89.75 km (56 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 59 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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