A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 101 kilometers (63 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact location of event, depth 76.76 km, 161.2878° East, -9.7869° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/10/18 / 2018-10-04 23:52:56 / October 4, 2018 @ 11:52 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 10:52:56 / 10:52 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hakd. Id of event: us1000hakd. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 76.76 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from Taro’a (c. 500 pop). 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 Taro’a.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 101 km NW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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