A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The temblor was detected at 05:27:31 / 5:27 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us600043ks. Event ids that are associated: us600043ks. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/06/19 / 2019-06-13 18:27:31 / June 13, 2019 @ 6:27 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 97.37 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 161.2881 East, latitude -10.1803 South, depth = 97.37 km.
The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 75 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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