A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The temblor was reported at 16:31:58 / 4:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 161.9326 East, latitude -10.6853 South, depth = 33.95 km. Event id: us10007t0y. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007t0y. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/01/17 / 2017-01-13 05:31:58 / January 13, 2017 @ 5:31 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33.95 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 26 km (16 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 five, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 25 km S of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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