A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.25 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 23/01/18 / 2018-01-23 16:47:16 / January 23, 2018 @ 4:47 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.9002 East, latitude -10.6502 South, depth = 46.25 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 03:47:16 / 3:47 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000cef0. Id of event: us1000cef0.
Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira. Epicenter of the event was 22 km (14 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 21 km S of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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