A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact location of event, longitude 161.7242 East, latitude -10.7194 South, depth = 53.71 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/03/18 / 2018-03-20 13:22:23 / March 20, 2018 @ 1:22 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 53.71 km (33 miles). Unique identifier: us1000d9n9. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000d9n9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 00:22:23 / 12:22 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. Earthquake epicenter was 36 km (23 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
Each 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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 36 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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