A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 83.94 km (52 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/06/18 / 2018-06-03 08:17:40 / June 3, 2018 @ 8:17 am. Event id: us1000ekhb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ekhb. Exact location of event, longitude 161.508 East, latitude -10.2421 South, depth = 83.94 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:17:40 / 7:17 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira. Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 51 km (32 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 50 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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