A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/04/24 / 2024-04-16 12:54:23 / April 16, 2024 @ 12:54 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 12:54:23 / 12:54 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mtie. Unique identifier: us6000mtie. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.298 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 162.3913 East, latitude -10.7726 South, depth = 47.298 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 62 km SE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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