A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200081fa. Id of event: us200081fa. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:21:31 / 5:21 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 06:21:31 / December 9, 2016 @ 6:21 am. Exact location, longitude 161.1893° East, latitude -10.6207° South, depth = 29.56 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.56 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty-four, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 82 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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