A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/10/19 / 2019-10-23 10:13:33 / October 23, 2019 @ 10:13 am. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:13:33 / 9:13 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us700061yf. Ids that are associated to the event: us700061yf. Exact location, longitude 162.2996° East, latitude -10.994° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 72 km SE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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