A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 107 kilometers (66 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/07/24 / 2024-07-31 01:03:37 / July 31, 2024 @ 1:03 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000n7ei. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n7ei. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:03:37 / 1:03 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 161.3508 East, latitude -9.6606 South, depth = 10 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taro’a. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Taro’a (c. 500 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 107 km NW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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