A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 105 kilometers (65 miles) from Honiara in Solomon Islands. The temblor was picked up at 20:17:16 / 8:17 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/12/16 / 2016-12-16 09:17:16 / December 16, 2016 @ 9:17 am. Exact location of event, longitude 160.7543 East, latitude -9.952 South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20008195. Unique identifier: us20008195. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taro’a (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 95 km (59 miles) from Taro’a (c. 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourty-nine, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 105 km ESE of Honiara, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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