A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 86.16 km (54 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:58:11 / 2:58 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10008gml. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008gml. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/04/17 / 2017-04-05 15:58:11 / April 5, 2017 @ 3:58 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 161.4535 East, latitude -10.2592 South, depth = 86.16 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 55 km (34 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 55 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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