A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The epicenter was at a depth of 49.2 km (31 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 23:22:01 / December 9, 2016 @ 11:22 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us20007ztx. Event ids that are associated: us20007ztx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 161.4983° East, -11.0169° South, depth 49.2 km. The temblor was detected at 10:22:01 / 10:22 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-four, in the last 10 days one hundred and ten, in the past 30 days one hundred and ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 77 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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