A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:39:10 / 6:39 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/09/16 / 2016-09-26 19:39:10 / September 26, 2016 @ 7:39 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006sxl. Unique identifier: us10006sxl. Exact location of event, longitude 162.2484 East, latitude -10.9049 South, depth = 55.3 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 55.3 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 61 km SE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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