A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/11/18 / 2018-11-10 00:02:45 / November 10, 2018 @ 12:02 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 26.06 km (16 miles). Exact location, longitude 161.2148° East, latitude -10.3383° South, depth = 26.06 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:02:45 / 11:02 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hstg. Unique identifier: us1000hstg.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 78 km (49 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 78 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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