A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006fue. Id of event: us20006fue. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 09:38:12 / 9:38 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/07/16 / 2016-07-13 22:38:12 / July 13, 2016 @ 10:38 pm. Exact location, longitude 162.4143° East, latitude -11.0005° South, depth = 57.23 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57.23 km (36 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 81 km (50 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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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