A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 115 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands (71 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 22:34:32 / December 9, 2016 @ 10:34 pm. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:34:32 / 9:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 160.8741 East, latitude -10.6107 South, depth = 21.06 km. Event id: us20007znw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007znw. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 21.06 km (13 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days fifty, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 115 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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