A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 07:44:45 / 7:44 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 20:44:45 / December 9, 2016 @ 8:44 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.92 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007zmu. Id of event: us20007zmu. Exact location of event, longitude 161.3809 East, latitude -10.9078 South, depth = 37.92 km.
The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 thirty-eight, in the last 10 days fourty-six, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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