A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/10/24 / 2024-10-08 13:37:56 / October 8, 2024 @ 1:37 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 161.9279° East, latitude -11.2005° South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nnth. Id of event: us7000nnth. The temblor was picked up at 13:37:56 / 1:37 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 82 km S of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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