A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 47.75 km (30 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/12/16 / 2016-12-10 11:01:48 / December 10, 2016 @ 11:01 am. The temblor was reported at 22:01:48 / 10:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 161.265 East, latitude -10.4736 South, depth = 47.75 km. Id of earthquake: us200081ka. Event ids that are associated: us200081ka. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and three, in the past 30 days one hundred and three and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-six 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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