A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude 161.5376 East, latitude -10.4343 South, depth = 79.931 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 00:33:52 / 12:33 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pkv1. Unique identifier: us6000pkv1. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 79.931 km (50 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/01/25 / 2025-01-18 00:33:52 / January 18, 2025 @ 12:33 am.
Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 41 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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