A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was reported at 15:25:11 / 3:25 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 04:25:11 / December 9, 2016 @ 4:25 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 161.1989° East, latitude -10.5137° South, depth = 35 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007zdr. Id of event: us20007zdr.
Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 79 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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