A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hp86. Unique identifier: us1000hp86. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:48:38 / 5:48 am (local time epicenter). 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 78.19 km (49 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 161.6483° East, latitude -10.1119° South, depth = 78.19 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/11/18 / 2018-11-01 18:48:38 / November 1, 2018 @ 6:48 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 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: 48 km NW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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