A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: us10007lrj. Event ids that are associated: us10007lrj. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:39:55 / 10:39 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/12/16 / 2016-12-13 23:39:55 / December 13, 2016 @ 11:39 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 161.2251° East, -10.4034° South, depth 48.6 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 48.6 km (30 miles).
Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days eighty-seven, in the past 30 days eighty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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