A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.4439 East, latitude -10.5751 South, depth = 54.44 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:27:46 / 8:27 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/04/17 / 2017-04-23 09:27:46 / April 23, 2017 @ 9:27 am. 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 54.44 km (34 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008n7g. Id of event: us10008n7g.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 53 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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