A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/12/16 / 2016-12-08 21:46:53 / December 8, 2016 @ 9:46 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 08:46:53 / 8:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.4081 East, latitude -10.6703 South, depth = 35.96 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.96 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us200081bt. Ids that are associated to the event: us200081bt.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 61 km (38 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 ninety-four, in the last 10 days ninety-four, in the past 30 days ninety-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-eight 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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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 60 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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