A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.4209 East, latitude -10.6227 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:41:20 / 7:41 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/01/17 / 2017-01-03 08:41:20 / January 3, 2017 @ 8:41 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us10007ucn. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007ucn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 57 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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