A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:03:26 / 2:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 161.207 East, latitude -10.767 South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 15:03:26 / December 9, 2016 @ 3:03 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us20007zi3. Event ids that are associated: us20007zi3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 85 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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