A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Global time and date of event 25/04/19 / 2019-04-25 23:41:30 / April 25, 2019 @ 11:41 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 10:41:30 / 10:41 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 28.86 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 161.8938° East, -10.7326° South, depth 28.86 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us70003c93. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003c93.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 31 km (19 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 30 km S of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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