A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 23:03:12 / 11:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 161.3797 East, latitude -10.8316 South, depth = 27.02 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 23/01/17 / 2017-01-23 12:03:12 / January 23, 2017 @ 12:03 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007uz0. Id of event: us10007uz0. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.02 km (17 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days two hundred and five 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 72 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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