A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: us20007zcr. Unique identifier: us20007zcr. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 01:01:48 / December 9, 2016 @ 1:01 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 36.4 km (23 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 36.4 km, 161.6212° East, -10.7831° South. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:01:48 / 12:01 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 49 km (30 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days fifty-nine 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.
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