A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 13:28:16 / December 9, 2016 @ 1:28 pm. Exact location, longitude 161.3442° East, latitude -10.6172° South, depth = 53.2 km. Unique identifier: us20007zhs. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007zhs. The temblor was detected at 00:28:16 / 12:28 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53.2 km (33 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 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 thirty-four, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days sixty-eight 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 65 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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