A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.3502 East, latitude -10.4423 South, depth = 59.53 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/01/17 / 2017-01-04 16:24:03 / January 4, 2017 @ 4:24 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 03:24:03 / 3:24 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 59.53 km (37 miles). Event id: us10007pxr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007pxr.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira. Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (39 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 62 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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