A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.6403 East, latitude -10.2581 South, depth = 75.82 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/12/18 / 2018-12-12 01:28:33 / December 12, 2018 @ 1:28 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 12:28:33 / 12:28 pm (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 75.82 km (47 miles). Event id: us2000iutc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000iutc.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 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: 37 km NW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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