A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 133 km ESE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands (83 miles). Exact location, longitude 162.9613° East, latitude -11.0828° South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006e55. Id of event: us10006e55. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 03:13:21 / 3:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/08/16 / 2016-08-16 16:13:21 / August 16, 2016 @ 4:13 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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