A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude 161.5735 East, latitude -10.2629 South, depth = 71.2 km. Id of earthquake: us70008gvf. Event ids that are associated: us70008gvf. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/03/20 / 2020-03-12 15:36:47 / March 12, 2020 @ 3:36 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 71.2 km (44 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:36:47 / 2:36 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira. Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 43 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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