A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 06:06:26 / 6:06 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 64.03 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 64.03 km, 161.6861° East, -10.3234° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/01/18 / 2018-01-31 19:06:26 / January 31, 2018 @ 7:06 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d0wr. Id of event: us2000d0wr.
Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. Epicenter of the event was 29 km (18 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 29 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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