A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 80 km (50 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/04/17 / 2017-04-25 13:21:28 / April 25, 2017 @ 1:21 pm. The temblor was detected at 00:21:28 / 12:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 161.4758 East, latitude -10.1875 South, depth = 80 km. 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: us10008na3. Id of event: us10008na3.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 57 km (35 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-three 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 56 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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