A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact location of event, longitude 161.3066 East, latitude -10.5688 South, depth = 48.87 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20007zb3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007zb3. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/12/16 / 2016-12-08 21:30:01 / December 8, 2016 @ 9:30 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 48.87 km (30 miles). The temblor was picked up at 08:30:01 / 8:30 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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