A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 162.2724 East, latitude -10.9575 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/05/24 / 2024-05-17 21:46:48 / May 17, 2024 @ 9:46 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 21:46:48 / 9:46 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mzb4. Unique identifier: us6000mzb4.
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). Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 67 km SE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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