A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Unique identifier: us70006ag7. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006ag7. The epicenter was at a depth of 38.74 km (24 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:44:35 / 3:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/11/19 / 2019-11-12 16:44:35 / November 12, 2019 @ 4:44 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 161.4282° East, latitude -10.4701° South, depth = 38.74 km.
The epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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