A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact location of event, longitude 162.1078 East, latitude -10.7226 South, depth = 71.25 km. Event id: us70006x14. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006x14. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 71.25 km (44 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 21/12/19 / 2019-12-21 12:42:50 / December 21, 2019 @ 12:42 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 23:42:50 / 11:42 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
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-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 36 km SE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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