A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Tuesday. 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 70.9 km (44 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 161.6203° East, -10.31° South, depth 70.9 km. Unique identifier: us1000at0l. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000at0l. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/10/17 / 2017-10-16 20:05:18 / October 16, 2017 @ 8:05 pm. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:05:18 / 7:05 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 37 km (23 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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