A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/05/18 / 2018-05-28 21:15:32 / May 28, 2018 @ 9:15 pm. 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 48.48 km (30 miles). Exact location, longitude 162.1714° East, latitude -11.0765° South, depth = 48.48 km. Id of earthquake: us1000egg0. Event ids that are associated: us1000egg0. The temblor was detected at 08:15:32 / 8:15 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 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 earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 74 km SSE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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