A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Monday. The temblor was reported at 00:16:08 / 12:16 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000abw4. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000abw4. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54.1 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/06/20 / 2020-06-15 00:16:08 / June 15, 2020 @ 12:16 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.5954 East, latitude -10.4009 South, depth = 54.1 km.
Epicenter of the event was 36 km (22 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 fourty-two 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.
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