A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 08:38:47 / December 9, 2016 @ 8:38 am. The temblor was detected at 19:38:47 / 7:38 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20007zfe. Unique identifier: us20007zfe. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 40.08 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 161.4204° East, -10.4278° South, depth 40.08 km.
Epicenter of the event was 55 km (34 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 54 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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