A earthquake with magnitude 6.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact location, longitude 161.2795° East, latitude -10.3507° South, depth = 33.59 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pt17019050, us10007u7n, at00ok1ura. Unique identifier: us10007u7n. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/01/17 / 2017-01-19 23:04:20 / January 19, 2017 @ 11:04 pm. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kirakira in Solomon Islands (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33.59 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 10:04:20 / 10:04 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop), 126 km (78 miles) from Taro’a (c. 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taro’a, Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 71 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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