A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.5184 East, latitude -10.8262 South, depth = 10.85 km. The temblor was detected at 13:42:29 / 1:42 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.85 km (7 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007des. Id of event: us20007des. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 28/09/16 / 2016-09-28 02:42:29 / September 28, 2016 @ 2:42 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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