A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Sunday. Id of earthquake: us6000np36. Event ids that are associated: us6000np36. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/09/24 / 2024-09-01 17:09:14 / September 1, 2024 @ 5:09 pm. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:09:14 / 5:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 162.2315° East, latitude -11.2652° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Event epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 95 km SSE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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