A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us20008iw9. Unique identifier: us20008iw9. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:30:44 / 9:30 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 44.27 km (28 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 162.1722 East, latitude -10.9192 South, depth = 44.27 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/01/17 / 2017-01-27 22:30:44 / January 27, 2017 @ 10:30 pm UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. Epicenter of the event was 59 km (36 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 58 km SSE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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