A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ngf0. Unique identifier: us7000ngf0. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/09/24 / 2024-09-01 10:56:17 / September 1, 2024 @ 10:56 am. The temblor was reported at 10:56:17 / 10:56 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 60.773 km (38 miles). Exact location of event, depth 60.773 km, 162.0126° East, -10.3595° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. Epicenter of the event was 15 km (9 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 14 km NE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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