A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Event id: us70003mkt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003mkt. Exact location of event, longitude 161.5439 East, latitude -10.2429 South, depth = 74.27 km. The temblor was detected at 14:38:29 / 2:38 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 74.27 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/05/19 / 2019-05-10 03:38:29 / May 10, 2019 @ 3:38 am.
Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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