A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact location of event, longitude 161.1918 East, latitude -10.2883 South, depth = 43.73 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 43.73 km (27 miles). The temblor was reported at 23:15:22 / 11:15 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/05/19 / 2019-05-09 12:15:22 / May 9, 2019 @ 12:15 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us70003iss. Unique identifier: us70003iss.
Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 81 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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