A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude 161.5326 East, latitude -10.6979 South, depth = 49.84 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/12/16 / 2016-12-08 22:56:20 / December 8, 2016 @ 10:56 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.84 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us200081d4. Unique identifier: us200081d4. The temblor was picked up at 09:56:20 / 9:56 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eleven, in the last 10 days one hundred and eleven, in the past 30 days one hundred and eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-one 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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