A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Sunday. Exact location, longitude 161.2416° East, latitude -10.3276° South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us20007zt2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007zt2. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:38:38 / 12:38 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/12/16 / 2016-12-10 13:38:38 / December 10, 2016 @ 1:38 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days sixty-three, in the past 30 days sixty-three and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 75 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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