A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The epicenter was at a depth of 27.29 km (17 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 161.7015 East, latitude -11.0362 South, depth = 27.29 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 22:59:36 / 10:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/12/16 / 2016-12-10 11:59:36 / December 10, 2016 @ 11:59 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us200081ke. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200081ke.
Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-five, in the last 10 days ninety-two, in the past 30 days ninety-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km SSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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