A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57.49 km (36 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 161.4799° East, -10.3197° South, depth 57.49 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:03:12 / 12:03 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10006fsl. Event ids that are associated: us10006fsl. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/08/16 / 2016-08-17 01:03:12 / August 17, 2016 @ 1:03 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 50 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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