A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:58:05 / 11:58 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 71.97 km (45 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us20007zcn. Unique identifier: us20007zcn. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.3847 East, latitude -10.7675 South, depth = 71.97 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 00:58:05 / December 9, 2016 @ 12:58 am.
Event epicenter was 68 km (42 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).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 68 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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