A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, 161.3369° East, -10.9778° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 06:43:36 / 6:43 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/12/16 / 2016-12-10 19:43:36 / December 10, 2016 @ 7:43 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20007zui. Event ids that are associated: us20007zui.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. Epicenter of the event was 86 km (54 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days sixty-four, in the past 30 days sixty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 86 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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