A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Event id: us20007ze7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007ze7. The temblor was picked up at 16:30:13 / 4:30 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.31 km (11 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 05:30:13 / December 9, 2016 @ 5:30 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 161.2319° East, latitude -10.8858° South, depth = 18.31 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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-six, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 89 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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