A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: us200082vj. Event ids that are associated: us200082vj. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/12/16 / 2016-12-12 23:01:33 / December 12, 2016 @ 11:01 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 53.39 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 161.8452 East, latitude -10.7629 South, depth = 53.39 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:01:33 / 10:01 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days one hundred and four, in the past 30 days one hundred and four and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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