A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 171 km ESE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands (106 miles). Unique identifier: us6000c6tx. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000c6tx. The epicenter was at a depth of 20.69 km (13 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:27:45 / 4:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 163.2856 East, latitude -11.2206 South, depth = 20.69 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 08/10/20 / 2020-10-08 16:27:45 / October 8, 2020 @ 4:27 pm UTC/GMT.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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