A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 06:02:47 / 6:02 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/01/18 / 2018-01-12 19:02:47 / January 12, 2018 @ 7:02 pm. Unique identifier: us2000cps6. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000cps6. Exact location of event, longitude 161.7761 East, latitude -9.9411 South, depth = 76.42 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 76.42 km (47 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (37 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 58 km NNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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