A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 118 km S of Kirakira, Solomon Islands (73 miles). Unique identifier: us10006dc6. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006dc6. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:14:33 / 3:14 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 35.39 km (22 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/08/16 / 2016-08-10 16:14:33 / August 10, 2016 @ 4:14 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 162.053 East, latitude -11.5143 South, depth = 35.39 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 118 km S of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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