A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact location of event, longitude 161.8012 East, latitude -10.5726 South, depth = 97.299 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 97.299 km (60 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/07/24 / 2024-07-11 03:30:09 / July 11, 2024 @ 3:30 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 03:30:09 / 3:30 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000n0bm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n0bm.
The epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 18 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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