A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20007zsj. Unique identifier: us20007zsj. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.95 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, depth 34.95 km, 161.7299° East, -11.0812° South. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:48:54 / 11:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/12/16 / 2016-12-10 12:48:54 / December 10, 2016 @ 12:48 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days fifty-nine, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 72 km SSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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