A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Friday. Global time and date of event 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 00:42:07 / December 9, 2016 @ 12:42 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 11:42:07 / 11:42 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.52 km (31 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.3695 East, latitude -10.4936 South, depth = 49.52 km. Event id: us20007zcj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007zcj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 60 km (38 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
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-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 60 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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