A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007zdu. Id of event: us20007zdu. Global time and date of event 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 04:35:02 / December 9, 2016 @ 4:35 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 15:35:02 / 3:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 161.3045° East, -10.8655° South, depth 35 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 81 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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