A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/10/24 / 2024-10-08 19:22:17 / October 8, 2024 @ 7:22 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nxgz. Id of event: us6000nxgz. Exact location, longitude 161.663° East, latitude -11.2865° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 19:22:17 / 7:22 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
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 five and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each 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: 96 km SSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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