A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/12/16 / 2016-12-14 05:14:24 / December 14, 2016 @ 5:14 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.04 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 16:14:24 / 4:14 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us200080n2. Unique identifier: us200080n2. Exact location of event, depth 40.04 km, 161.4989° East, -10.6059° South.
The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seventy-three, in the past 30 days seventy-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
Did you feel it?
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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 49 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2016 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply