A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 22:07:24 / 10:07 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.44 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us200081kb. Event ids that are associated: us200081kb. Global time and date of event 10/12/16 / 2016-12-10 11:07:24 / December 10, 2016 @ 11:07 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 162.5457° East, latitude -10.4035° South, depth = 32.44 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-nine 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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