A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Global time and date of event 26/07/18 / 2018-07-26 00:17:39 / July 26, 2018 @ 12:17 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 37.36 km (23 miles). Exact location, longitude 161.3273° East, latitude -10.5501° South, depth = 37.36 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:17:39 / 11:17 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000gi9s. Event ids that are associated: us2000gi9s.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, 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 was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 65 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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