A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000axkn. Unique identifier: us1000axkn. The temblor was detected at 00:55:08 / 12:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 42.49 km, 161.781° East, -11.0147° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.49 km (26 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/10/17 / 2017-10-20 13:55:08 / October 20, 2017 @ 1:55 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira. Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 63 km SSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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