A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact location of earthquake, 161.3154° East, -10.4112° South, depth 35.67 km. The temblor was detected at 13:20:05 / 1:20 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/01/17 / 2017-01-20 02:20:05 / January 20, 2017 @ 2:20 am. Id of earthquake: us10007u91. Event ids that are associated: us10007u91. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.67 km (22 miles).
Event epicenter was 66 km (41 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 66 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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