A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/03/16 / 2016-03-11 01:08:22 / March 11, 2016 @ 1:08 am. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:08:22 / 12:08 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us10004wnq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004wnq. Exact location of event, longitude 161.4572 East, latitude -10.2366 South, depth = 89.3 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 89.3 km (55 miles).
Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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