A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:39:17 / 12:39 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 51.97 km (32 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 161.2664° East, -10.313° South, depth 51.97 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/11/19 / 2019-11-10 13:39:17 / November 10, 2019 @ 1:39 pm. Event id: us60006c3l. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006c3l.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. The epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-one 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 73 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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