A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Friday. Id of earthquake: us200081fc. Event ids that are associated: us200081fc. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 06:39:26 / December 9, 2016 @ 6:39 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 56.86 km (35 miles). The temblor was detected at 17:39:26 / 5:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.434 East, latitude -10.8878 South, depth = 56.86 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 71 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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