A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:48:50 / 6:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/01/17 / 2017-01-03 07:48:50 / January 3, 2017 @ 7:48 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007ucl. Id of event: us10007ucl. Exact location, longitude 161.8001° East, latitude -10.7403° South, depth = 43.15 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.15 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
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 eleven, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 34 km SSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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