A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 161.4203 East, latitude -10.3733 South, depth = 57.38 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57.38 km (36 miles). Event id: us20007zpt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007zpt. The temblor was picked up at 11:23:45 / 11:23 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 10/12/16 / 2016-12-10 00:23:45 / December 10, 2016 @ 12:23 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 55 km (34 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira.
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days fifty-one, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 55 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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