A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The temblor was picked up at 23:17:12 / 11:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 161.2667° East, -10.4841° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10008j08. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008j08. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/04/17 / 2017-04-12 12:17:12 / April 12, 2017 @ 12:17 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 72 km (44 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira. Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 71 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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