A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Id of earthquake: us10006cxk. Event ids that are associated: us10006cxk. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/08/16 / 2016-08-08 14:14:50 / August 8, 2016 @ 2:14 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 64.24 km (40 miles). The temblor was reported at 01:14:50 / 1:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 64.24 km, 162.1489° East, -9.8559° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty 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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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 70 km NNE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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