A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 75.88 km, 162.0086° East, -10.68° South. The temblor was reported at 11:39:44 / 11:39 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70008kls. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008kls. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/03/20 / 2020-03-28 00:39:44 / March 28, 2020 @ 12:39 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 75.88 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 27 km (17 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira. Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 26 km SSE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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