A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 83 kilometers (52 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, depth 49.66 km, 162.1235° East, -11.1817° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 49.66 km (31 miles). Global time and date of event 11/12/16 / 2016-12-11 01:17:44 / December 11, 2016 @ 1:17 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us20007zvn. Unique identifier: us20007zvn. The temblor was reported at 12:17:44 / 12:17 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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