A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 90.64 km (56 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:24:00 / 6:24 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/07/16 / 2016-07-16 07:24:00 / July 16, 2016 @ 7:24 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006gem. Id of event: us20006gem. Exact location of event, depth 90.64 km, 161.3982° East, -10.1938° South.
Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 64 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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