A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Saturday. Id of earthquake: us60006r85. Event ids that are associated: us60006r85. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 43.6 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 162.5925 East, latitude -10.4433 South, depth = 43.6 km. Global time and date of event 06/12/19 / 2019-12-06 14:14:37 / December 6, 2019 @ 2:14 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 01:14:37 / 1:14 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 73 km (46 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 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. 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 one and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km E of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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