A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:35:17 / 10:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 161.1844° East, -10.4068° South, depth 24.81 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/12/16 / 2016-12-08 23:35:17 / December 8, 2016 @ 11:35 pm. Id of earthquake: us20007zc4. Event ids that are associated: us20007zc4. The epicenter was at a depth of 24.81 km (15 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 80 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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