A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 55 kilometers (34 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 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:06:00 / 7:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.4163 East, latitude -10.449 South, depth = 55.23 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 55.23 km (34 miles). Unique identifier: us1000cdre. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000cdre. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/01/18 / 2018-01-20 20:06:00 / January 20, 2018 @ 8:06 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 55 km (34 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 55 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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