A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.33 km (41 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:01:45 / 10:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 161.8367° East, -10.2728° South, depth 65.33 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/03/20 / 2020-03-18 23:01:45 / March 18, 2020 @ 11:01 pm. Id of earthquake: us70008gz2. Event ids that are associated: us70008gz2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). The epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km NNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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