A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Monday. Exact location, longitude 161.6513° East, latitude -10.0397° South, depth = 72.24 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:59:38 / 1:59 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10006a4m. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006a4m. The epicenter was at a depth of 72.24 km (45 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/07/16 / 2016-07-31 14:59:38 / July 31, 2016 @ 2:59 pm UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira. Epicenter of the earthquake was 55 km (34 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 54 km NNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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