A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 09/01/17 / 2017-01-09 18:20:42 / January 9, 2017 @ 6:20 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007s55. Unique identifier: us10007s55. Exact location of earthquake, 161.7571° East, -10.7126° South, depth 31.9 km. The temblor was reported at 05:20:42 / 5:20 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 31.9 km (20 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 34 km (21 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every 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 one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 33 km SSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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