A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Honiara in Solomon Islands. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/12/16 / 2016-12-08 22:15:12 / December 8, 2016 @ 10:15 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 160.5425° East, -9.892° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us200081by. Unique identifier: us200081by. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 09:15:12 / 9:15 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Honiara (c. 56 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Honiara. Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-eight, in the last 10 days fourty-nine, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days seventy-four 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 82 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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