A 5.3 magnitude earthquake hit 77 km SE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands at 23:01:12 GMT on Saturday.
The US Geological Survey said that the epicenter, with a depth of 11.06 km, was initially determined to be at 10.8448 degrees south latitude and 162.5075 degrees east longitude.
Recently, a 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Kirakira, Nakumwe, Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Friday 8 January 2021 at 11:45 am local time, at an intermediate depth of 87 km below the surface. The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it. A second report was later issued by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), which listed it as a magnitude 4.8 earthquake as well. Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Kirakira (pop. 1,100) located 52 km from the epicenter.
Also Read:
Not a single corona patient recorded in Andaman and Nicobar
Kangana Ranaut meets MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Brazil's COVID-19 death toll crosses 202,000 mark