A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact location of earthquake, 161.2911° East, -10.2954° South, depth 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007zt1. Id of event: us20007zt1. Global time and date of event 10/12/16 / 2016-12-10 13:42:05 / December 10, 2016 @ 1:42 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 00:42:05 / 12:42 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 71 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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